This article discusses the Microsoft Office v.X for Mac Security Update (10.1.7). This security update addresses security and stability issues with Microsoft Word X for Mac and with Microsoft Excel X for Mac.

Security update details

Improvements for Office v. X

Security and stability are improved This update addresses stability issues and vulnerabilities in Office v. X for Mac, Word X for Mac, and Excel X that could enable an attacker to overwrite the contents of your computer's memory with malicious code or cause your computer to stop responding or "hang."

Previously released improvements included in this update

This update includes all the improvements that were released in all the previous Office v. X updates. For more information about improvements in a previous update, click the following article numbers to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

How to obtain and install the security update

The following file is available for download from the Microsoft Download Center:
Download the 918963 package now. (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=2C779374-DC65-4456-85AD-85E2E0E0301E&displaylang=en) Release Date: June 13, 2006

For more information about how to download Microsoft support files, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: Microsoft scanned this file for viruses. Microsoft used the most current virus-detection software that was available on the date that the file was posted. The file is stored on security-enhanced servers that help prevent any unauthorized changes to the file.
Note The read me file that is included with Microsoft Office v.X for Mac Security Update (10.1.7) includes the following important release information:

The minimum system requirements.

Instructions for installing the security update.

Information about how to troubleshoot problems with installing the security update.