Microsoft released the latest updates security for Patch Tuesday April 2020 yesterday afternoon, and today the company warns, stating that one of the patches could break certain types of it Visual Basic for Applications (VBA).
Specifically, the problem was detected in a Microsoft Office security update, and if your device is affected, you will see the following message:
“Compile error: Can't find project or library” or in English “Compile error: Can't find project or library.”
This error occurs when you work with files: executable files (.exe), ActiveX controls (.ocx), and typelibs (.olb, .tlb, and .dll).
Microsoft says that certain types of files are blocked after the update is installed, regardless of whether they were downloaded from the Internet or intranet servers.
"When you install one of the Microsoft Office security updates explained in Microsoft Common Vulnerilities and Exposures CVE-2020-0760, you may notice that certain types of Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) reports are blocked and you receive an error message," says the company. .
What can you do if this error appears on your screen after you install Patch Tuesday updates? Microsoft says the only way to fix this is to replace the locked libraries with local ones, and gives more instructions:
"VBA Internet Object Libraries: We recommend that you exclude them because they are vulnerable.
Βιβλιοθήκες αντικειμένων Intranet VBA: Μπορείτε να τις ενεργοποιήσετε μέσω μιας ρύθμισης GPO, όπως φαίνεται στην παρακάτω εικόνα. Η ρύθμιση βρίσκεται στην ενότητα Διαμόρφωση χρήστη > Πρότυπα διαχείρισης > Microsoft Office 2016 > Security Settings.”
If the above problem does not affect you, you will not need to do anything on your system.
