Security & Privacy

Microsoft has issued a security bulletin describing important vulnerabilities in Microsoft Excel, including Excel 2004, 2008 and 2011 for Mac, as well as for the Open XML File Format Converter for Mac.

This security update resolves eight privately reported vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office. The vulnerabilities could allow remote code execution if a user opens a specially crafted Excel file. An attacker who successfully exploited any of these vulnerabilities could gain the same user rights as the logged-on user.

The updates are as follows, and are available from the following links:

• Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac 11.6.4 Update, 13 MB
• Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac 12.3.0 Update, 333.1 MB
• Microsoft Office for Mac 2011 14.1.2 Update, 109 MB
• Open XML File Format Converter for Mac 1.2.0, 45 MB

All users of Microsoft Office should apply these updates.