Microsoft KB Archive/923089

= Description of the security update for Excel 2002: December 12, 2006 =

Article ID: 923089

Article Last Modified on 9/11/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Excel 2002 Standard Edition

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INTRODUCTION
Microsoft has released security bulletin MS06-059. The security bulletin contains all the relevant information about the security update for Microsoft Excel 2002. This information includes file manifest information and deployment options. To view the complete security bulletin, visit one of the following Microsoft Web sites, depending on whether you are a home user or an IT professional:  Home Users

http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/update/bulletins/200612.mspx

 IT Professionals

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms06-059.mspx





Issues that the security update fixes
In addition to the issues that are described in the security bulletin, this security update fixes the issue that is described in the following Microsoft Knowledge Base article:

922928 Description of the Excel 2002 post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package: August 23, 2006

Additional query words: excel2002 excel2k2 excel10 excelxp xl2002 xl2k2 xl10 xlxp update security_patch security_update security bug flaw vulnerability malicious attacker exploit registry unauthenticated buffer overrun overflow specially-formed scope specially-crafted denial of service DoS

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