Article ID: 887978
Article Last Modified on 9/9/2005
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Word 2002 Standard Edition
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
843182 Description of the Word 2002 post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package: June 10, 2004
843610 Description of the Word 2002 post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package: June 25, 2004
873328 Description of the Word 2002 post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package: July 22, 2004
873341 Description of the Word 2002 post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package: August 2, 2004
883928 Description of the Word 2002 post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package: September 10, 2004
885840 Description of the Word 2002 post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package: September 13, 2004
885879 Description of the Word 2002 post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package: September 27, 2004
886793 Description of the Word 2002 post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package: October 1, 2004
890331 Description of the Word 2002 post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package: November 19, 2004
891436 Description of the Word 2002 post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package: December 16, 2004
892922 Description of the Word 2002 post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package: January 17, 2005
892558 Microsoft Word 2002 post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package: January 24, 2005
893175 Description of the Word 2002 post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package: January 31, 2005
893603 Description of the Word 2002 post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package: February 3, 2005
894688 Description of the Word 2002 post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package: February 24, 2005
895197 Description of the Word 2002 post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package: March 3, 2005
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.
Error signature details
You may receive the following Microsoft Office XP error message:
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.
| Application name | Application version | Module name | Module version | Offset |
| Winword.exe | 10.0.6612.0 | Winword.exe | 10.0.6612.0 | 001285ad |
| Winword.exe | 10.0.6612.0 | Winword.exe | 10.0.6612.0 | 001285ff |
| Winword.exe | 10.0.6612.0 | Winword.exe | 10.0.6612.0 | 00128640 |
| Winword.exe | 10.0.6612.0 | Winword.exe | 10.0.6612.0 | 001314fc |
| Winword.exe | 10.0.5815.0 | Winword.exe | 10.0.5815.0 | 0001708e |
| Winword.exe | 10.0.5815.0 | Winword.exe | 10.0.5815.0 | 0001709b |
| Winword.exe | 10.0.5815.0 | Winword.exe | 10.0.5815.0 | 0001709d |
| Winword.exe | 10.0.5815.0 | Winword.exe | 10.0.5815.0 | 000170a2 |
| Winword.exe | 10.0.5815.0 | Winword.exe | 10.0.5815.0 | 000170a4 |
| Winword.exe | 10.0.5815.0 | Winword.exe | 10.0.5815.0 | 000170a7 |
| Winword.exe | 10.0.5815.0 | Winword.exe | 10.0.5815.0 | 000170a8 |
| Winword.exe | 10.0.5815.0 | Winword.exe | 10.0.5815.0 | 000170ab |
| Winword.exe | 10.0.5815.0 | Winword.exe | 10.0.5815.0 | 000170ad |
| Winword.exe | 10.0.5815.0 | Winword.exe | 10.0.5815.0 | 0045fcf6 |
| Winword.exe | 10.0.5815.0 | Winword.exe | 10.0.5815.0 | 0045ff72 |
| Winword.exe | 10.0.5605.0 | Winword.exe | 10.0.5605.0 | 00130ec3 |
| Winword.exe | 10.0.5522.0 | Winword.exe | 10.0.5522.0 | 000170c7 |
| Winword.exe | 10.0.5522.0 | Winword.exe | 10.0.5522.0 | 000170c9 |
| Winword.exe | 10.0.5522.0 | Winword.exe | 10.0.5522.0 | 000170cd |
| Winword.exe | 10.0.5522.0 | Winword.exe | 10.0.5522.0 | 000170d0 |
| Winword.exe | 10.0.5522.0 | Winword.exe | 10.0.5522.0 | 000170d1 |
| Winword.exe | 10.0.5522.0 | Winword.exe | 10.0.5522.0 | 000170d4 |
| Winword.exe | 10.0.5522.0 | Winword.exe | 10.0.5522.0 | 000170d6 |
| Winword.exe | 10.0.5522.0 | Winword.exe | 10.0.5522.0 | 000170d9 |
| Winword.exe | 10.0.5522.0 | Winword.exe | 10.0.5522.0 | 000170dd |
| Winword.exe | 10.0.5522.0 | Winword.exe | 10.0.5522.0 | 000170df |
| Winword.exe | 10.0.5522.0 | Winword.exe | 10.0.5522.0 | 000170ea |
| Winword.exe | 10.0.5522.0 | Winword.exe | 10.0.5522.0 | 000170ed |
| Winword.exe | 10.0.5522.0 | Winword.exe | 10.0.5522.0 | 000170ef |
| Winword.exe | 10.0.5522.0 | Winword.exe | 10.0.5522.0 | 00129043 |
| Winword.exe | 10.0.5522.0 | Winword.exe | 10.0.5522.0 | 00129079 |
| Winword.exe | 10.0.5522.0 | Winword.exe | 10.0.5522.0 | 0013651b |
| Winword.exe | 10.0.5522.0 | Winword.exe | 10.0.5522.0 | 0045fd4a |
| Winword.exe | 10.0.5522.0 | Winword.exe | 10.0.5522.0 | 0045fdb2 |
| Winword.exe | 10.0.5522.0 | Winword.exe | 10.0.5522.0 | 0045fdf6 |
| Winword.exe | 10.0.4219.0 | Winword.exe | 10.0.4219.0 | 00127d9e |
| Winword.exe | 10.0.4219.0 | Winword.exe | 10.0.4219.0 | 00127dd4 |
| Winword.exe | 10.0.4219.0 | Winword.exe | 10.0.4219.0 | 001364f5 |
| Winword.exe | 10.0.4219.0 | Winword.exe | 10.0.4219.0 | 0045e936 |
| Winword.exe | 10.0.4219.0 | Winword.exe | 10.0.4219.0 | 0045e99e |
| Winword.exe | 10.0.4219.0 | Winword.exe | 10.0.4219.0 | 0013bfe7 |
| Winword.exe | 10.0.4219.0 | Winword.exe | 10.0.4219.0 | 0045E216 |
| Winword.exe | 10.0.4016.0 | Winword.exe | 10.0.4016.0 | 0045e21b |
| Winword.exe | 10.0.4009.0 | Winword.exe | 10.0.4009.0 | 001286f4 |
| Winword.exe | 10.0.4009.0 | Winword.exe | 10.0.4009.0 | 001356c0 |
| Winword.exe | 10.0.4009.0 | Winword.exe | 10.0.4009.0 | 0045e353 |
| Winword.exe | 10.0.4009.0 | Winword.exe | 10.0.4009.0 | 0045e3bb |
| Winword.exe | 10.0.3604.0 | Winword.exe | 10.0.3604.0 | 0045dddd |
| Winword.exe | 10.0.3416.0 | Winword.exe | 10.0.3416.0 | 0045d786 |
| Winword.exe | 10.0.3416.0 | Winword.exe | 10.0.3416.0 | 0045dc6f |
| Winword.exe | 10.0.3416.0 | Winword.exe | 10.0.3416.0 | 0045dcd7 |
| Winword.exe | 10.0.3416.0 | Winword.exe | 10.0.3416.0 | 0045dd1b |
| Winword.exe | 10.0.3416.0 | Winword.exe | 10.0.3416.0 | 0045dd24 |
| Winword.exe | 10.0.2930.0 | Winword.exe | 10.0.2930.0 | 00133d78 |
| Winword.exe | 10.0.2930.0 | Winword.exe | 10.0.2930.0 | 00140c0e |
| Winword.exe | 10.0.2930.0 | Winword.exe | 10.0.2930.0 | 0045c5b4 |
| Winword.exe | 10.0.2930.0 | Winword.exe | 10.0.2930.0 | 0045c61c |
| Winword.exe | 10.0.2930.0 | Winword.exe | 10.0.2930.0 | 0045c660 |
| Winword.exe | 10.0.2627.0 | Winword.exe | 10.0.2627.0 | 0045b397 |
| Winword.exe | 10.0.2627.0 | Winword.exe | 10.0.2627.0 | 0045bb4c |
| Winword.exe | 10.0.2627.0 | Winword.exe | 10.0.2627.0 | 0045bbb4 |
| Winword.exe | 10.0.2627.0 | Winword.exe | 10.0.2627.0 | 0045bbf8 |
| Winword.exe | 10.0.2627.0 | Winword.exe | 10.0.2627.0 | 0045bc01 |
| Winword.exe | 10.0.2627.0 | Winword.exe | 10.0.2627.0 | 0045bc77 |
| Winword.exe | 10.0.2627.0 | Winword.exe | 10.0.2627.0 | 0045bcea |
| Winword.exe | 10.0.2627.0 | Winword.exe | 10.0.2627.0 | 0045bdaa |
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