• January “security” patches KB 4011657 (Word 2007), KB 4011659 (Word 2010), KB 4011643 (Word 2016), get KB article updates

    Posted on February 9, 2018 at 04:15 CST by • Comment in the Forums

    Thx to @abbodi86 for picking up my earlier mistake.

    Here’s another one I found while perusing the KB New list.

    It looks like Microsoft just released KB article updates for the January 9 Word security patches, Word 2007, 2010 and 2016.

    They’re odd. For example, the Word 2010: January 9, 2018 patch, KB 4011659, lists five CVE numbers — usually an indication that a security problem is being addressed, but the description says:

    This security update contains improvements for the following nonsecurity issue:

    This update improves Office application startup performance by skipping unnecessary scanning of Microsoft Word documents that are local and not encrypted.

    If I read that correctly, this is a “security” update for a “nonsecurity” problem.

    Go figger.

    I have no idea why the KB articles were re-issued yesterday. Anybody out there have more info?

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