(MS14-037) Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (2975687)
Publish date: July 10, 2014
Severity: CRITICAL
CVE Identifier: CVE-2014-1763,CVE-2014-1765,CVE-2014-2783,CVE-2014-2785,CVE-2014-2786,CVE-2014-2787,CVE-2014-2788,CVE-2014-2789,CVE-2014-2790,CVE-2014-2791,CVE-2014-2792,CVE-2014-2794,CVE-2014-2795,CVE-2014-2797,CVE-2014-2798,CVE-2014-2800,CVE-2014-2801,CVE-2014-2802,CVE-2014-2803,CVE-2014-2804,CVE-2014-2806,CVE-2014-2807,CVE-2014-2809,CVE-2014-2813
Advisory Date: JUL 10, 2014
DESCRIPTION
This security update addresses several vulnerabilities found in Internet Explorer. When exploited, it allows remote code execution via a specially crafted webpage, thus compromising the security of the system. A remote attacker can get the same user rights as the current user if exploited successfully.
SOLUTION
AFFECTED SOFTWARE AND VERSION
- Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2
- Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition Service Pack 2
- Windows Server 2003 with SP2 for Itanium-based Systems
- Windows Vista Service Pack 2
- Windows Vista x64 Edition Service Pack 2
- Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 2
- Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 2
- Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-based Systems Service Pack 2
- Windows 7 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 1
- Windows 7 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1
- Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1
- Windows Server 2008 R2 for Itanium-based Systems Service Pack 1
- Windows 8 for 32-bit Systems
- Windows 8 for x64-based Systems
- Windows Server 2012
- Windows RT
- Windows 8.1 for 32-bit Systems
- Windows 8.1 for x64-based Systems
- Windows Server 2012 R2
- Windows RT 8.1
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