Description of the security update for Office 2013: July 12, 2022 (KB5002121)

Summary

This security update resolves a Microsoft Office security feature bypass vulnerability. To learn more about the vulnerability, see Microsoft Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures CVE-2022-33632.

**Note:**To apply this security update, you must have the release version of Service Pack 1 for Microsoft Office 2013 installed on the computer.

Be aware that the update in the Microsoft Download Center applies to the Microsoft Installer (.msi)-based edition of Office 2013. It doesn’t apply to the Office 2013 Click-to-Run editions, such as Microsoft Office 365 Home. (See What version of Office am I using?)

Known issues in this update

• After this update is installed, when you open an ACCDE or MDE file in Microsoft Access, you might receive an error message that states, “Requested type library or wizard is not a VBA project.” Additionally, the file won’t open. For more information, see Error when trying to open an ACCDE/MDE file created in a different version of Access.

This issue is fixed in the August 2, 2022, update for Office 2013 (KB5002250).

• After this update is installed, you might receive an error message when you run a VBA macro that links to files or folders whose names are in languages that contain double-byte characters, such as Japanese, Korean, and Chinese.

This issue is fixed in the September 6, 2022, update for Office 2013 (KB5002252).

• When you try to open a Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) project by using the correct password, you receive an “Invalid password” error message. For more information, see Error “Invalid password” when opening a VBA project using the correct password.

This issue is fixed in the October 4, 2022, update for Office 2013 (KB5002274).

How to get and install the update

Method 1: Microsoft Update

This update is available from Microsoft Update. When you turn on automatic updating, this update will be downloaded and installed automatically. For more information about how to get security updates automatically, see Windows Update: FAQ.

Method 2: Microsoft Update Catalog

To get the standalone package for this update, go to the Microsoft Update Catalog website.

Method 3: Microsoft Download Center

You can get the standalone update package through the Microsoft Download Center. Follow the installation instructions on the download page to install the update.

• Download security update 5002121 for the 32-bit version of Office 2013
• Download security update 5002121 for the 64-bit version of Office 2013

More information

Security update deployment information

For deployment information about this update, see Deployments - Security Update Guide.

Security update replacement information

This security update replaces previously released security update 4486726.

File hash information

File name	SHA256 hash
vbe72013-kb5002121-fullfile-x86-glb.exe	A61B74335DB53C4841880893DAE4ADF0A6A014733054FE5EC03FD83996BC222C
vbe72013-kb5002121-fullfile-x64-glb.exe	382400BC2BCC10983FB7EBC28162DB6189544098DB98874563D084CAE9415291

File information

The English (United States) version of this software update installs files that have the attributes that are listed in the following table. The dates and times for these files are listed in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). The dates and times for these files on your local computer are displayed in your local time together with your current daylight saving time (DST) bias. Additionally, the dates and times may change when you perform certain operations on the files.

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For all supported x86-based versions of Office 2013

File identifier	File name	File version	File size	Date	Time
vbeui.dll	vbeui.dll	7.1.15.5467	2215832	16-Jun-22	03:37
vbe7.dll	vbe7.dll	7.01.1123	2688928	14-Jun-22	06:32

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For all supported x64-based versions of Office 2013

File identifier	File name	File version	File size	Date	Time
vbeui.dll	vbeui.dll	7.1.15.5467	2735016	16-Jun-22	03:37
vbeuires.dll	vbeuires.dll	7.1.15.5455	5436864	16-Jun-22	03:37
vbe7.dll	vbe7.dll	7.01.1123	4426144	14-Jun-22	06:32

Information about protection and security

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Change history

The following table summarizes some of the most important changes to this topic.Date	Description
July 15, 2022	Added a “Known issues in this update” section to describe an issue that users may experience after installing this update.
July 16, 2022	Added a link to provide more details about the known issue.
July 25, 2022	Added a second item to the “Known issues in this update” section (VBA macro links).
August 2, 2022	Added a resolution for the first known issue in the “Known issues in this update” section.
August 11, 2022	Added a third item to the “Known issues in this update” section (VBA project).
September 6, 2022	Added a fix for the second known issue in the “Known issues in this update” section.
October 4, 2022	Added a fix for the third known issue in the “Known issues in this update” section.