Articles by KENNETH

MS16-042 – Critical: Security Update for Microsoft Office (3148775) – Version: 1.0 Severity Rating: CriticalRevision Note: V1.0 (April 12, 2016): Bulletin published.Summary: This security update resolves vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office. The most severe of the vulnerabilities could allow remote code execution if a user opens a specially crafted Microsoft Office file. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerabilities could run arbitrary code in the context of the current user. Customers whose accounts are configured to have fewer user rights on the system could be less impacted than those who operate with administrative user rights. Source: MS16-042 – Critical: Security Update for Microsoft Office (3148775) – Version: 1.0

MS16-037 – Critical: Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (3148531) – Version: 1.0 Severity Rating: CriticalRevision Note: V1.0 (April 12, 2016): Bulletin published.Summary: This security update resolves vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer. The most severe of the vulnerabilities could allow remote code execution if a user views a specially crafted webpage using Internet Explorer. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerabilities could gain the same user rights as the current user. If the current user is logged on with administrative user rights, an attacker could take control of an affected system. An attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights. Source: MS16-037 – Critical: Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (3148531) – Version: 1.0

MS15-040 – Critical: Security Update for Microsoft XML Core Service to Address Remote Code Execution (3148541) – Version: 1.0 Severity Rating: CriticalRevision Note: V1.0 (April 12, 2016): Bulletin published.Summary: This security update resolves a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows. The vulnerability could allow code execution if a user clicks a specially crafted link that could allow an attacker to run malicious code remotely to take control of the user’s system. However, in all cases an attacker would have no way to force users to click a specially crafted link. An attacker would have to convince users to click the link, typically by way of an enticement in an email or Instant Messenger message. Source: MS15-040 – Critical: Security Update for Microsoft XML Core Service to Address Remote Code Execution (3148541) – Version: 1.0

MS16-044 – Important: Security Update for Windows OLE (3146706) – Version: 1.0 Severity Rating: ImportantRevision Note: V1.0 (April 12, 2016): Bulletin published.Summary: This security update resolves a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows. The vulnerability could allow remote code execution if Windows OLE fails to properly validate user input. An attacker could exploit the vulnerability to execute malicious code. However, an attacker must first convince a user to open either a specially crafted file or a program from either a webpage or an email message. Source: MS16-044 – Important: Security Update for Windows OLE (3146706) – Version: 1.0

3152550 – Update to Improve Wireless Mouse Input Filtering – Version: 1.0 Revision Note: V1.0 (April 12, 2016): Advisory published.Summary: Microsoft is announcing the availability of an update to improve input filtering for certain Microsoft wireless mouse devices. The update enhances security by filtering out QWERTY key packets in keystroke communications issued from receiving USB wireless dongles to wireless mouse devices. This improvement is part of ongoing efforts to improve the effectiveness of security in Windows and Microsoft devices. For more information, see Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 3152550. Source: 3152550 – Update to Improve Wireless Mouse Input Filtering – Version: 1.0