This issue occurs when the non-administrative user account was assigned User ID (uid) 502. This update fixes an issue that could give a local user who does not have administrator permissions access Office 2008 program files. Office Installer no longer grants restricted users unauthorized access to Office 2008 for Mac program files. This update fixes vulnerabilities in Office 2008 that an attacker can use to overwrite the contents of your computer's memory with malicious code.

Improvements for all Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac applications More on the over 50 fixes in Office 12.0.1 after the jump. These changes include fixes for users of Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard, and include fixes for vulnerabilities that an attacker can use to overwrite the contents of a computer's memory by using malicious code.Īpple should take a page out of Microsoft's book on bug fix reporting and instead of telling us that a particular update 'improves stability' or something suitably vague, actually tell us what it fixes! Imagine that.

The Office 2008 for Mac 12.0.1 Update contains several changes that improve security, stability, and performance. Microsoft's knowledge base article 948057 offers a few more details: According to Microsoft's download page the 114MB update fixes critical issues in Office 2008, including issues that might cause Office 2008 applications to stop responding or quit unexpectedly.

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