
Microsoft also fixed a total of 55 security updates and five cumulative updates for seven different products as part of last month's Office security updates.įive of them patched critical bugs allowing potential attackers to run scripts as the current user and to remotely execute arbitrary code on unpatched systems.First, you need to disable Office updates.

It is also important to mention that, after applying some of these updates, you may also be asked to restart your computer. Some of these updates may require a reboot

The list of updates issued today and the Office product they apply to is available below.

The Microsoft Office updates released today apply to Microsoft Installer (.msi)-based Office products and do not apply to Office subscription or Office 2016 Click-to-Run editions like Microsoft Office 365 Home. The updates published today by Microsoft can be manually downloaded and installed from the Download Center or by using the Microsoft Update service for automatic installation. May 2020 Office non-security updatesįour of the Office May 2020 non-security updates apply to the entire Microsoft Office 2016 software suite, while five others fix problems impacting Microsoft Outlook 2016, Microsoft PowerPoint 2016, Microsoft Project 2016, Microsoft Word 2016, and Skype for Business 2015. Microsoft also fixed issues causing Outlook to crash when a user forwards a message with removed attachments or when users try to mark messages as read from the Unread folder in KB4484343. KB4484337 fixes another auth issue affecting PowerPoint 2016 where the password dialog box remains enabled even after disabling it using the DisablePasswordUI registry key.

Microsoft released the May 2020 non-security Microsoft Office updates with fixes for several issues and performance improvements to Windows Installer (MSI) editions of Office 2016 and Office 2013.įor instance, the KB4484328 update fixes an issue leading to blank authentication prompts being displayed when offline auth is enabled in Microsoft Office 2016
