Microsoft KB Archive/921566

= Description of the security update for Office 2003: August 8, 2006 =

Article ID: 921566

Article Last Modified on 9/21/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Office Professional Edition 2003
 * Microsoft Office Standard Edition 2003
 * Microsoft Office Student and Teacher Edition 2003
 * Microsoft Office Small Business Edition 2003
 * Microsoft Office Basic Edition 2003
 * Microsoft Office Access 2003
 * Microsoft Office Excel 2003
 * Microsoft Office OneNote 2003
 * Microsoft Office Outlook 2003
 * Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003
 * Microsoft Office Publisher 2003
 * Microsoft Office Word 2003
 * Microsoft Office Project Professional 2003
 * Microsoft Office Project Standard 2003
 * Microsoft Office Visio Professional 2003
 * Microsoft Office Visio Standard 2003
 * Microsoft Office InterConnect 2004 Standard Edition

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Microsoft has released security bulletin MS06-048. The security bulletin contains all the relevant information about the security update for Microsoft Office 2003. 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/200608.mspx

 IT Professionals

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms06-048.mspx



This security update was first included in Office 2003 Service Pack 3. For more information about the latest service pack for Office 2003, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

870924 How to obtain the latest service pack for Office 2003

Additional query words: 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

