(MS12-037) Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (2699988)
Severity: CRITICAL
CVE Identifier: CVE-2012-1523,CVE-2012-1858,CVE-2012-1872,CVE-2012-1873,CVE-2012-1874,CVE-2012-1875,CVE-2012-1876,CVE-2012-1877,CVE-2012-1878,CVE-2012-1879,CVE-2012-1880,CVE-2012-1881,CVE-2012-1882
Advisory Date: JUN 13, 2012
DESCRIPTION
This update resolves several vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer versions 6 to 9. Successfully exploiting any of the vulnerabilities allows an attacker to execute code of choice on the affected system. Note that currently logged on users with administrative rights are more impacted by any attempt to exploit the vulnerabilities.
SOLUTION
AFFECTED SOFTWARE AND VERSION
- Internet Explorer 8 (Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2)
- Internet Explorer 8 (Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition Service Pack 2)
- Internet Explorer 8 (Windows Vista Service Pack 2)
- Internet Explorer 8 (Windows Vista x64 Edition Service Pack 2)
- Internet Explorer 8 (Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 2)
- Internet Explorer 8 (Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 2)
- Internet Explorer 8 (Windows 7 for 32-bit Systems)
- Internet Explorer 8 (Windows 7 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 1)
- Internet Explorer 8 (Windows 7 for x64-based Systems)
- Internet Explorer 8 (Windows 7 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1)
- Internet Explorer 8 (Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems)
- Internet Explorer 8 (Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1)
- Internet Explorer 8 (Windows Server 2008 R2 for Itanium-based Systems)
- Internet Explorer 8 (Windows Server 2008 R2 for Itanium-based Systems Service Pack 1)
- Internet Explorer 9 (Windows Vista Service Pack 2)
- Internet Explorer 9 (Windows Vista x64 Edition Service Pack 2)
- Internet Explorer 9 (Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 2)
- Internet Explorer 9 (Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 2)
- Internet Explorer 9 (Windows 7 for 32-bit Systems)
- Internet Explorer 9 (Windows 7 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 1)
- Internet Explorer 9 (Windows 7 for x64-based Systems)
- Internet Explorer 9 (Windows 7 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1)
- Internet Explorer 9 (Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems)
- Internet Explorer 9 (Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1)
- Internet Explorer 6 (Windows XP Service Pack 3)
- Internet Explorer 6 (Windows XP Professional x64 Edition Service Pack 2)
- Internet Explorer 6 (Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2)
- Internet Explorer 6 (Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition Service Pack 2)
- Internet Explorer 6 (Windows Server 2003 with SP2 for Itanium-based Systems)
- Internet Explorer 7 (Windows XP Service Pack 3)
- Internet Explorer 7 (Windows XP Professional x64 Edition Service Pack 2)
- Internet Explorer 7 (Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2)
- Internet Explorer 7 (Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition Service Pack 2)
- Internet Explorer 7 (Windows Server 2003 with SP2 for Itanium-based Systems)
- Internet Explorer 7 (Windows Vista Service Pack 2)
- Internet Explorer 7 (Windows Vista x64 Edition Service Pack 2)
- Internet Explorer 7 (Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 2)
- Internet Explorer 7 (Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 2)
- Internet Explorer 7 (Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-based Systems Service Pack 2)
- Internet Explorer 8 (Windows XP Service Pack 3)
- Internet Explorer 8 (Windows XP Professional x64 Edition Service Pack 2)
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