Η ecosystem preparing for another one Patch on Tuesdayand this time plans to fix vulnerabilities found in the Windows operating system and Office suite.
In total, four updates will be released on Tuesday, two of which were rated by the company as critical and the other two considered important.
As usual, Microsoft does not give details about the vulnerabilities that will be repaired by the new patches, for obvious reasons, but only states that Windows and Office will have a critical update. Of course, an update is also pending for Internet Explorer as the company has discovered an error that needs to be addressed as soon as possible. Internet Explorer 10 is the only version that is not affected by the specific vulnerability such as the company said.
As far as Office is concerned, vulnerability has been found in all versions of the suite. Because the company is not accustomed to giving more details before releasing the updates, we can not know if the upcoming updates will "close" the vulnerability found in the Word vulnerability that allows attackers to execute code using a malicious RTF document. Whatever it is, we will learn more on Tuesday that comes to us.
| Bulletin ID | Maximum Severity Rating and Vulnerability Impact | Restart Requirement | Affected Software |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bulletin 1 | Critical Remote Code Execution |
May require restart | Microsoft Office, Microsoft Office Services, Microsoft Office Web Apps |
| Bulletin 2 | Critical Remote Code Execution |
Requires restart | Microsoft Windows, Internet Explorer |
| Bulletin 3 | Important Remote Code Execution |
Requires restart | Microsoft Windows |
| Bulletin 4 | Important Remote Code Execution |
May require restart | Microsoft Office |
George is still wondering what he is doing here….
