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Mac Office 2004 security patch closes vulnerability

Microsoft on Tuesday released its Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac 11.2.4 Update. The update is available for download from Microsoft’s Mac Web site — it measures 57.5MB.

“This update fixes vulnerabilities in Office 2004 for Mac that an attacker can use to overwrite the contents of your computer’s memory with malicious code,” reads a statement on the Microsoft Web site. “This update also fixes issues in Microsoft PowerPoint 2004 and Entourage 2004, and it includes all of the improvements released in all previous Office 2004 updates.”

The update can be applied to the following Microsoft products:

Microsoft Office 2004 Standard Edition

Office 2004 Student and Teacher Edition

Office 2004 Professional Edition

Word 2004

Excel 2004

PowerPoint 2004

Entourage 2004

In related news, Microsoft has started offering the $50 mail-in rebate for users who purchase Office 2004 for Mac Student and Teacher Edition through September 12, 2006. That lowers the final cost of the Student and Teacher Edition to $99.