Hello, and welcome to this month’s blog onthe Microsoft patch releases. Microsoft released seven bulletins thismonth, covering a total of eleven vulnerabilities. Nine of thevulnerabilities affect Microsoft Vista either directly or throughapplications running on that operating system.
The first three bulletins discuss seven client-side vulnerabilitiesrated “Critical” by Microsoft. Four of those are vulnerabilities inInternet Explorer, two more affect DirectX, and the seventh is avulnerability affecting the Windows Media Format Runtime. These issuesdo require some sort of user interaction (such as visiting a maliciousWeb page, opening a malicious email, or opening a malicious file), butcan aid in the remote compromise of a victim’s computer. Users areadvised to use security best practices, including avoiding sites ofunknown or questionable integrity.
The remaining vulnerabilities (four issues rated...
