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Microsoft Office February security updates patch Sharepoint, Excel RCE bugs

Microsoft has addressed important severity remote code execution vulnerabilities affecting multiple Office products in the January 2021 Office security updates. In total, the company released 26 security updates and 5 cumulative updates for 7 different products, fixing 11 vulnerabilities that could allow attackers to escalate privileges or execute arbitrary code remotely on systems running vulnerable software. The company also issued several SharePoint non-security updates, as well as fixed separate issues affecting the Microsoft 365 Apps version of Outlook. Microsoft urged customers to install security updates for three critical and high severity Windows TCP/IP security bugs as soon as possible due to the elevated exploitation risk.

Source: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/microsoft-office-february-security-updates-patch-sharepoint-excel-rce-bugs/

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