Latest Security Advisories & Notable Vulnerabilities

A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way Internet Explorer 9 and 10 handles an object that has been deleted in memory. When successfully exploited, it may allow a remote attacker to execute code of choice on the vulnerable computer. Note that this vulnerability affects Internet Explorer 9 installed on the following operating 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 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

It also affects Internet Explorer 10 installed on the following operating systems:

• Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1
• 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 8 for 32-bit Systems
• Windows 8 for x64-based Systems
• Windows Server 2012
• Windows RT

Microsoft addresses the following vulnerabilities in its February batch of patches:

• (MS14-005) Vulnerability in Microsoft XML Core Services Could Allow Information Disclosure (2916036)
  Risk Rating: Important
  

  This security update resolves a publicly disclosed vulnerability in Microsoft XML Core Services included in Microsoft Windows. The vulnerability could allow information disclosure if a user views a specially crafted webpage using Internet Explorer.



• (MS14-006) Vulnerability in IPv6 Could Allow Denial of Service (2904659)
  Risk Rating: Important
  

  This security update resolves a publicly disclosed vulnerability in Microsoft Windows. The vulnerability could allow denial of service if an attacker sends a large number of specially crafted IPv6 packets to an affected system.

• (MS14-007) Vulnerability in Direct2D Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2912390)
  Risk Rating: Critical
  

  This security update resolves a privately reported vulnerability in Microsoft Windows. The vulnerability could allow remote code execution if a user views a specially crafted webpage using Internet Explorer.



• (MS14-008) Vulnerability in Microsoft Forefront Protection for Exchange Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2927022)
  Risk Rating: Critical
  

  This security update resolves a privately reported vulnerability in Microsoft Forefront. The vulnerability could allow remote code execution if a specially crafted email message is scanned.



• (MS14-009) Vulnerabilities in .NET Framework Could Allow Elevation of Privilege (2916607)
  Risk Rating: Important
  

  This security update resolves two publicly disclosed vulnerabilities and one privately reported vulnerability in Microsoft .NET Framework. The most severe vulnerability could allow elevation of privilege if a user visits a specially crafted website or a website containing specially crafted web content.



• (MS14-010) Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (2909921)
  Risk Rating: Critical
  

  This security update resolves one publicly disclosed vulnerability and twenty-three privately reported vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer. The most severe vulnerabilities could allow remote code execution if a user views a specially crafted webpage using Internet Explorer.



• (MS14-011) Vulnerability in VBScript Scripting Engine Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2928390)
  Risk Rating: Critical
  

  This security update resolves a privately reported vulnerability in the VBScript scripting engine in Microsoft Windows. The vulnerability could allow remote code execution if a user visited a specially crafted website.

Several versions of Adobe Flash Player were found to have an integer underflow vulnerability. When successfully exploited, the vulnerability can allow execution of arbitrary code on the vulnerable computer. This vulnerability has been exploited by malware. Adobe has since issued updates for its users.

Microsoft addresses the following vulnerabilities in its January batch of patches:

• (MS14-001) Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Word and Office Web Apps Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2916605)
  Risk Rating: Important
  
  

  This security update resolves three privately reported vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office. The vulnerabilities could allow remote code execution if a specially crafted file is opened in an affected version of Microsoft Word or other affected Microsoft Office software.

• (MS14-002) Vulnerability in Windows Kernel Could Allow Elevation of Privilege (2914368)
  Risk Rating: Important
  
  

  This security update resolves a publicly disclosed vulnerability in Microsoft Windows. The vulnerability could allow elevation of privilege if an attacker logs on to a system and runs a specially crafted application.

• (MS14-003) Vulnerability in Windows Kernel-Mode Drivers Could Allow Elevation of Privilege (2913602)
  Risk Rating: Important
  
  

  This security update resolves a privately reported vulnerability in Microsoft Windows. The vulnerability could allow elevation of privilege if a user logs on to a system and runs a specially crafted application.

• (MS14-004) Vulnerability in Microsoft Dynamics AX Could Allow Denial of Service (2880826)
  Risk Rating: Important
  
  

  This security update resolves one privately reported vulnerability in Microsoft Dynamics AX. The vulnerability could allow denial of service if an authenticated attacker submits specially crafted data to an affected Microsoft Dynamics AX Application Object Server (AOS) instance.

Microsoft addresses the following vulnerabilities in its December batch of patches:

• (MS13-096) Vulnerability in Microsoft Graphics Component Could allow Remote Code Execution (2908005)
  Risk Rating: Critical
  
  

  This security update resolves a publicly disclosed vulnerability in Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Office, and Microsoft Lync. The vulnerability could allow remote code execution if a user views content that contains specially crafted TIFF files. Read more here.

• (MS13-097) Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (2898785)
  Risk Rating: Critical
  
  

  This security update resolves seven privately reported vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer. The most severe vulnerabilities could allow remote code execution if a user views a specially crafted webpage using Internet Explorer. Read more here.

• (MS13-098) Vulnerability in Windows Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2893294)
  Risk Rating: Critical
  
  

  This security update resolves a privately reported vulnerability in Microsoft Windows. The vulnerability could allow remote code execution if a user or application runs or installs a specially crafted, signed portable executable (PE) file on an affected system. Read more here.

• (MS13-099) Vulnerability in Microsoft Scripting Runtime Object Library Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2909158)
  Risk Rating: Critical
  
  

  This security update resolves a privately reported vulnerability in Microsoft Windows. The vulnerability could allow remote code execution if an attacker convinces a user to visit a specially crafted website or a website that hosts specially crafted content. Read more here.

• (MS13-105) Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Exchange Server Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2915705)
  Risk Rating: Critical
  
  

  This security update resolves three publicly disclosed vulnerabilities and one privately reported vulnerability in Microsoft Exchange Server. These vulnerabilities could allow remote code execution in the security context of the LocalService account if an attacker sends an email message containing a specially crafted file to a user on an affected Exchange server. Read more here.

• (MS13-100)Vulnerabilities in Microsoft SharePoint Server Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2904244)
  Risk Rating: Important
  
  

  This security update resolves multiple privately reported vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office server software. These vulnerabilities could allow remote code execution if an authenticated attacker sends specially crafted page content to a SharePoint server. Read more here.

• (MS13-101) Vulnerabilities in Windows Kernel-Mode Drivers Could Allow Elevation of Privilege (2880430)
  Risk Rating: Important
  
  

  This security update resolves five privately reported vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows. The more severe of these vulnerabilities could allow elevation of privilege if an attacker logs on to a system and runs a specially crafted application. Read more here.

• (MS13-102) Vulnerability in LRPC Client Could Allow Elevation of Privilege (2898715)
  Risk Rating: Important
  
  

  This security update resolves a privately reported vulnerability in Microsoft Windows. The vulnerability could allow elevation of privilege if an attacker spoofs an LRPC server and sends a specially crafted LPC port message to any LRPC client. Read more here.

• (MS13-103) Vulnerability in ASP.NET SignalR Could Allow Elevation of Privilege (2905244)
  Risk Rating: Important
  
  

  This security update resolves a privately reported vulnerability in ASP.NET SignalR. The vulnerability could allow elevation of privilege if an attacker reflects specially crafted JavaScript back to the browser of a targeted user. Read more here.

• (MS13-104) Vulnerability in Microsoft Office Could Allow Information Disclosure (2909976)
  Risk Rating: Important
  
  

  This security update resolves one privately reported vulnerability in Microsoft Office that could allow information disclosure if a user attempts to open an Office file hosted on a malicious website. Read more here.

• (MS13-106) Vulnerability in a Microsoft Office Shared Component Could Allow Security Feature Bypass (2905238)
  Risk Rating: Important
  
  

  This security update resolves one publicly disclosed vulnerability in a Microsoft Office shared component that is currently being exploited. The vulnerability could allow security feature bypass if a user views a specially crafted webpage in a web browser capable of instantiating COM components, such as Internet Explorer. here.

Microsoft addresses the following vulnerabilities in its October batch of patches:

• (MS13-088) Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (2888505)
  Risk Rating: Critical
  
  

  This security update resolves ten reported vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer. A successful exploit may permit an attacker to execute a malware once user views a malicious webpage via Internet Explorer. Read more here.

• (MS13-089) Vulnerability in Windows Graphics Device Interface Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2876331)
  Risk Rating: Critical
  
  

  This security update addresses a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows, which can lead to remote execution of malware once users open a specially crafted Windows Write file in WordPad. Read more here.

• (MS13-090) Cumulative Security Update of ActiveX Kill Bits (2900986)
  Risk Rating: Critical
  
  

  This security update resolves a reported vulnerability which may lead to remote malware execution if user visits a maliciously-crafted website. Read more here.

• (MS13-091) Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2885093)
  Risk Rating: Important
  
  

  This security update resolves three reported vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office, which may allow remote execution of malware if a user opens a maliciously-crafted WordPerfect file in an affected version of Microsoft Office. Read more here.

• (MS13-092) Vulnerability in Hyper-V Could Allow Elevation of Privilege (2893986)
  Risk Rating: Important
  
  

  This security update resolves a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows. It may lead to denial of service if the attacker passes a speciall-crafted function parameter in a hypercall from an existing running virtual machine to the hypervisor. Read more here.

• (MS13-093) Vulnerability in Windows Ancillary Function Driver Could Allow Information Disclosure (2875783)
  Risk Rating: Important
  
  

  This security update resolves a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows, which may allow information theft if an an attacker logs on to an affected system as a local user and runs a malware crafted to steal information. The attacker must have valid logon credentials and be able to log on locally to exploit this vulnerability. Read more here.

• (MS13-094) Vulnerability in Microsoft Outlook Could Allow Information Disclosure (2894514)
  Risk Rating: Important
  
  

  This security update resolves a vulnerability in Microsoft Outlook. It may result in information theft if a user opens or previews a malicious email using an affected version of Outlook. Read more here.

• (MS13-095) Vulnerability in Digital Signatures Could Allow Denial of Service (2868626)
  Risk Rating: Important
  
  

  This security update resolves a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows that could result in denial of service when an affected web service processes a malicious certificate. Read more here.

Microsoft addresses the following vulnerabilities in its October batch of patches:

• (MS13-080) Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (2879017)
  Risk Rating: Critical
  
  

  This security update addresses a publicly disclosed vulnerability and undisclosed nine vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer. A successful exploit may permit an attacker to execute a malware once user views a malicious webpage via Internet Explorer. Read more here.

• (MS13-081) Vulnerabilities in Windows Kernel-Mode Drivers Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2870008)
  Risk Rating: Critical
  
  

  This security update addresses seven vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows, which can lead to remote execution of malware once users open a shared content that embeds TrueType or OpenType files. Read more here.

• (MS13-082) Vulnerabilities in .NET Framework Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2878890)
  Risk Rating: Critical
  
  

  This security update addresses three reported vulnerabiilties in Microsoft .NET framework, which may lead to remote malware execution if user visits website with a malicious OpenType font (OTP) file. Read more here.

• (MS13-083) Vulnerability in Windows Common Control Library Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2864058)
  Risk Rating: Critical
  
  

  This security update addresses a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows, which may allow remote execution of malware once attacker sends a malicious web request to ASP.NET web application.Read more here.

• (MS13-084) Vulnerabilities in Microsoft SharePoint Server Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2885089)
  Risk Rating: Important
  
  

  This security update addresses two vulnerabilities in MS Office that may lead to malware execution once user opens a malicious Office file in a vulnerable MS SharePint Server, MS Ofice Services, or Web Apps. Read more here.

• (MS13-085) Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Excel Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2885080)
  Risk Rating: Important
  
  

  This security update addresses two vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office, which may allow remote code execution once users open a malicious Office file with a specific versions of MS Excel or MS Office software. Read more here.

• (MS13-086) Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Word Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2885084)
  Risk Rating: Important
  
  

  This security update addresses two vulnerabilities in MS Office that may allow malware execution once a malicious file is open using affected versions of MS Word or MS Office. Read more here.

• (MS13-087) Vulnerability in Silverlight Could Allow Information Disclosure (2890788)
  Risk Rating: Important
  
  

  This security update addresses a vulnerability in Silverlight, that may allow unwanted data disclosure if an attacker convinces a user to view a website hosting a malicious Silverlight application. Read more here.

Microsoft addresses the following vulnerabilities in its September batch of patches:

• (MS13-067) Vulnerabilities in Microsoft SharePoint Server Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2834052)
  Risk Rating: Critical
  
  

  This security update addresses ten vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Serve, which may allow execution of malware once attacker sends a maliciously crafted content to the affected system. Read more here.

• (MS13-068) Vulnerability in Microsoft Outlook Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2756473)
  Risk Rating: Critical
  
  

  This security update addresses a vulnerability in MS Outlook that may lead to malware execution once user previews a malicious email message using specific MS Outlook versions. It can also lead to attackers gaining same user rights as current user. Read more here.

• (MS13-069) Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (2870699)
  Risk Rating: Critical
  
  

  This security update addresses ten vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer, the most severe of which may lead to malware execution once user access specific webpages. Read more here.

• (MS13-070) Vulnerability in OLE Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2876217)
  Risk Rating: Critical
  
  

  This security update addresses a vulnerability in MS Windows, which may lead to malware execution once user opens a file containing malicious OLE object. An attacker can also gain same user rights as currently loggedin user.Read more here.

• (MS13-071) Vulnerability in Windows Theme File Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2864063)
  Risk Rating: Important
  
  

  This security update addresses a vulnerability in MS Windows, which may lead to malware execution once attacker convinces user to apply a malicious Windows theme on vulnerable system. Read more here.

• (MS13-072) Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2845537)
  Risk Rating: Important
  
  

  This security update addresses 13 vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office, which can lead to malware execution once users open a malicious file in a vulnerable system. Read more here.

• (MS13-073) Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Excel Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2858300)
  Risk Rating: Important
  
  

  This security update addresses three vulnerabilities in MS Office, which may lead to malware execution once user opens a malicious Office file using affected Excel versions or other MS Office software. Read more here.

• (MS13-074) Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Access Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2848637)
  Risk Rating: Important
  
  

  This security update addresses three vulnerabilities in MS Office that may lead to malware execution once a user opens a malciious Access file using an affected MS Access version . Read more here.

• (MS13-075) Vulnerability in Microsoft Office IME (Chinese) Could Allow Elevation of Privilege (2878687)
  Risk Rating: Important
  
  

  This security update addresses a reported vulnerability in MS Office IME (Chinese), which may lead to elevation of privileges once attacker is logged in and launches Internet Explorer from the toolbar in Microsoft Pinyin IME for Simplified Chinese. Read more here.

• (MS13-076) Vulnerabilities in Kernel-Mode Drivers Could Allow Elevation of Privilege (2876315)
  Risk Rating: Important
  
  

  This security update addresses seven vulnerabilities in MS Windows, which may lead to elevation of privilege if a malicious actor logs in the system and runs a malicious application. Read more here.

• (MS13-077) Vulnerability in Windows Service Control Manager Could Allow Elevation of Privilege (2872339)
  Risk Rating: Important
  
  

  This security update resolves a vulnerability in MS Windows that can lead to elevation of privilege if an attacker persuades a user to execute a malicious application. Read more here.

• (MS13-078) Vulnerability in FrontPage Could Allow Information Disclosure (2825621)
  Risk Rating: Important
  
  

  This security update addresses a vulnerability in MS FrontPage, which may lead to unwanted data disclosure once user open a malicious FrontPAge document. Read more here.

• (MS13-079) Vulnerability in Active Directory Could Allow Denial of Service (2853587)
  Risk Rating: Important
  
  

  This security update addresses a vulnerability in Active Directory that may result to denial of service if an attacker executes a malicious query to Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) service. Read more here.