Customers are strongly recommended to download them as soon as possible because some of the security updates released today by Microsoft Office have also fixed a number of critical vulnerabilities. Users should click the corresponding Knowledgement Base article in the table below to access today’s Microsoft Office security updates and scroll down to the “How to download and install the update” section to view the software packages on the opening page. Microsoft has issued security updates for Patch Tuesday in October 2019 with 1 warning (Windows 10 Servicing Stack Update) and 59 vulnerability fixes. Eight of these vulnerabilities have been rated as critical by Microsoft. Checked Microsoft Office vulnerabilities Out of a total of fourteen Office security updates issued by Microsoft today, five of which are vulnerable to remote code execution (CVE-19-1327 and CVE-2019-1331) inside Office 2016, Office 2013, Office 2010 and Excel 2014. Microsoft’s gravity score for remote code execution security vulnerabilities fixed today shows that it enables hackers to execute arbitrary code and/or commands after insecure Windows devices have been successfully used. Certain security patches released by Microsoft now also address privilege levels, cross-site (XSS) scripts and spoofing vulnerabilities that affect SharePoint Server 2019, SharePoint Enterprise Server 2016, SharePoint Server 2013, SharePoint Foundation 2013, SharePoint Foundation 2019, SharePoint Enterprise Server 2016, CVE-2019-1328 and CVE-2019-1329.
October 2019 Safety updates for Microsoft Office
The safety updates for Microsoft Office were given via the Microsoft Update portal and the Download Center in October. More information on each of them is available after clicking on the articles in the related knowledge base.
