Microsoft has released a free upgrade for its Office suite for the Mac, bringing Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac up to Service Pack 2 a year-and-a-half after the product was released.

• • 36 minutes to read • Contributors • In this article Security Bulletin Microsoft Security Bulletin MS12-029 - Critical Vulnerability in Microsoft Word Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2680352) Published: May 08, 2012 Updated: June 20, 2012 Version: 1.2 General Information Executive Summary This security update resolves a privately reported vulnerability in Microsoft Office. The vulnerability could allow remote code execution if a user opens a specially crafted RTF file. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could gain the same user rights as the current user.

Users whose accounts are configured to have fewer user rights on the system could be less impacted than users who operate with administrative user rights. This security update is rated Critical for all supported editions of Microsoft Word 2007. This security update is also rated Important for all supported editions of Microsoft Word 2003, Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac, and Microsoft Office for Mac 2011; and all supported versions of Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack. For more information, see the subsection, Affected and Non-Affected Software, in this section.

The security update addresses the vulnerabilities by modifying the way that Microsoft Office parses RTF-formatted data. For more information about the vulnerabilities, see the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) subsection for the specific vulnerability entry under the next section, Vulnerability Information. Customers can configure automatic updating to check online for updates from Microsoft Update by using the service.

Customers who have automatic updating enabled and configured to check online for updates from Microsoft Update typically will not need to take any action because this security update will be downloaded and installed automatically. Customers who have not enabled automatic updating need to check for updates from Microsoft Update and install this update manually. For information about specific configuration options in automatic updating in supported editions of Windows XP and Windows Server 2003, see. For information about automatic updating in supported editions of Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows 7, and Windows Server 2008 R2, see.

For administrators and enterprise installations, or end users who want to install this security update manually, Microsoft recommends that customers apply the update immediately using update management software, or by checking for updates using the service. See also the section, Detection and Deployment Tools and Guidance, later in this bulletin. Known Issues. None Affected and Non-Affected Software The following software have been tested to determine which versions or editions are affected. Other versions or editions are either past their support life cycle or are not affected. To determine the support life cycle for your software version or edition, visit.

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