This security update resolves vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office that could allow remote code execution if an attacker convinces a user to open or preview a specially crafted Microsoft Word file in an affected version of Office. To learn more about the vulnerabilities, see Microsoft Security Bulletin MS15-033.
Note To apply this security update, you must have Service Pack 2 for Office 2010 installed on the computer.
To resolve the vulnerabilities, you need to apply the following updates:
Note To apply this security update, you must have Service Pack 2 for Office 2010 installed on the computer.
To resolve the vulnerabilities, you need to apply the following updates:
- 2965236 MS15-033: Description of the security update for Office 2010: April 14, 2015
- 2553428 MS15-033: Description of the security update for Word 2010: April 14, 2015
Improvements and fixes
This update also contains fixes for the following nonsecurity issues:- When you move an image to an unprotected section of a Word document that contains a protected section in Word 2010, Word 2010 may crash.
- After you create a document that is based on a template that begins with a number sign (#) that is located under a Universal Naming Convention (UNC) share path, all files that begin with an underscore (_) in the share path are deleted without any notification.
- New modules are not displayed in the Document Inspector dialog box and backstage in some localized versions of Word 2010.
