Home / bulletins MS16-029 - Important: Security Update for Microsoft Office to Address Remote Code Execution (3141806) - Version: 2.0
Posted on 17 March 2016
ImportantSeverity Rating: Important
Revision Note: V2.0 (March 16, 2016): Bulletin revised to announce that the 3138327 update is available for Microsoft Office 2016 for Mac, and the 3138328 update is available for Microsoft Office for Mac 2011. Please note that the 3138327 update for Microsoft Outlook 2016 for Mac was not released on March 16. This update will be released as soon as it is available and users will be notified via a bulletin revision. For more information, see Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 3138327 and Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 3138328.
Summary: This security update resolves vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office. The most severe of the vulnerabilities could allow remote code execution if a user opens a specially crafted Microsoft Office file. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerabilities could run arbitrary code in the context of the current user. 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.Other versions
- MS16-029 - Version: 1.0
- MS16-029 - Version: 2.0
