Microsoft Patch Tueday to offer 7 bulletins

Posted on Friday, December 05 2014 @ 12:13 CET by Thomas De Maesschalck

Microsoft announced it will be rolling out seven security bulletins on December 9, 2014. This month's Patch Tuesday features three critical updates and four marked as important. The critical patches address remove code execution vulnerabilities in Windows and Internet Explorer.

Two of the important updates are for remote code execution flaws in Office, there's one for an information disclosure bug in Windows and also an elevation of privilege vulnerability in Exchange.

The Windows 7 operating system will be plugged by two critical and one important update, while Windows 8.x requires just one critical and one important update.

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Thomas has been messing with computer since early childhood and firmly believes the Internet is the best thing since sliced bread. Enjoys playing with new tech, is fascinated by science, and passionate about financial markets. When not behind a computer, he can be found with running shoes on or lifting heavy weights in the weight room.

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