Microsoft KB Archive/887978

= Description of the security update for Word 2002: April 12, 2005 =

Article ID: 887978

Article Last Modified on 9/9/2005

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Word 2002 Standard Edition

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Microsoft has released security bulletin MS05-023. The security bulletin contains all the relevant information about the security update. This includes the file manifest information and the deployment options. To view the security bulletin, visit the following Microsoft Web sites:


 * Home users:

http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/update/bulletins/default.mspx
 * IT professionals:

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms05-023.mspx



Issues that the security update fixes
Besides the issues that are described in the security bulletin, the security update for Microsoft Word 2002 (KB887978) addresses the issues that are described in the following Microsoft Knowledge Base articles:  

830807 Description of the Word 2002 post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package: May 5, 2004



 

841540 Description of the Word 2002 post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package: May 17, 2004



 

842319 Description of the Word 2002 post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package: May 17, 2004



 

842522 Description of the Word 2002 post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package: May 21, 2004

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843182 Description of the Word 2002 post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package: June 10, 2004

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843610 Description of the Word 2002 post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package: June 25, 2004

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873328 Description of the Word 2002 post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package: July 22, 2004

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873341 Description of the Word 2002 post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package: August 2, 2004

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883928 Description of the Word 2002 post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package: September 10, 2004

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885840 Description of the Word 2002 post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package: September 13, 2004

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885879 Description of the Word 2002 post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package: September 27, 2004

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886793 Description of the Word 2002 post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package: October 1, 2004

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890331 Description of the Word 2002 post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package: November 19, 2004

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891436 Description of the Word 2002 post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package: December 16, 2004

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892922 Description of the Word 2002 post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package: January 17, 2005

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892558 Microsoft Word 2002 post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package: January 24, 2005

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893175 Description of the Word 2002 post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package: January 31, 2005

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893603 Description of the Word 2002 post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package: February 3, 2005

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894688 Description of the Word 2002 post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package: February 24, 2005

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895197 Description of the Word 2002 post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package: March 3, 2005

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Besides the issues that are described in the security bulletin, the security update for Microsoft Word 2002 (KB887978) addresses the following issues that were not previously documented in a Microsoft Knowledge Base article:
 * Script can be injected into the My Computer zone through malicious modification of Word documents.


 * Word documents may contain hidden images that become attachments when you send the Word document to an e-mail recipient.

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Error signature details
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When you view the data in the error report, the report contains an error signature that is similar to one of the following error signatures. These error signatures are fixed by this update.

Additional query words: Security Patch Performance Reliability Update Download Fix document Buffer overrun specially-crafted

Keywords: kbsecbulletin kbsecurity kbsechack kbsecvulnerability kbupdate KB887978

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