The following software versions or editions are affected. Affected Software and Vulnerability Severity Ratings For more information about the vulnerabilities, see the Vulnerability Information section.įor more information about this update, see Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 3177451. The security update addresses the vulnerabilities by correcting how affected versions of Office and Office components handle objects in memory. Customers whose accounts are configured to have fewer user rights on the system could be less impacted than those who operate with administrative user rights.įor more information, see the Affected Software and Vulnerability Severity Ratings section. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerabilities could run arbitrary code in the context of the current user. The most severe of the vulnerabilities could allow remote code execution if a user opens a specially crafted Microsoft Office file. This security update resolves vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office.
In this article Security Update for Microsoft Office (3177451) Microsoft Security Bulletin MS16-099 - Critical
