Microsoft Patch Tuesday March 2016 brings 14 Security Bulletins addressing a total of 44 vulnerabilities. Six are rated as Critical and eight are rated as Important. This month high priority fixes are for Internet Explorer and Microsoft Edge which addresses 24 vulnerabilities out of 44 vulnerabilities.
Following six bulletins are rated as Critical: MS16-023 for Internet Explorer, MS16-024 for Microsoft Edge, MS16-026 for Graphic Fonts, MS16-027 for Windows Media, MS16-028 for Microsoft Windows PDF Library and MS16-036 for Adobe Flash Player.
These critical vulnerabilities allow Remote Code Execution and even though MS16-025, MS16-029 and MS16-030 are marked as Important they allow Remote Code Execution. Overall 9 out of 14 bulletins allow Remote Code Execution, hence these bulletins are of high priority for deploying patches.
Microsoft security bulletin summary for March 2016 in the order of severity:
MS16-023 : Vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer (3142015)
Severity Rating: Critical
Affected Software: Internet Explorer
Impact: Remote Code Execution
MS16-024 : Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Edge (3142019)
Severity Rating: Critical
Affected Software: Microsoft Edge
Impact: Remote Code Execution
MS16-026 : Vulnerabilities in Graphic Fonts (3143148)
Severity Rating: Critical
Affected Software: Graphic Fonts
Impact: Remote Code Execution
MS16-027 : Vulnerabilities in Windows Media (3143146)
Severity Rating: Critical
Affected Software: Windows Media
Impact: Remote Code Execution
MS16-028 : Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows PDF Library (3143081)
Severity Rating: Critical
Affected Software: Microsoft Windows PDF Library
Impact: Remote Code Execution
MS16-036 : Vulnerabilities in Adobe Flash Player (3144756)
Severity Rating: Critical
Affected Software: Adobe Flash Player
Impact: Remote Code Execution
MS16-025 : Vulnerability in Windows Library Loading (3140709)
Severity Rating: Important
Affected Software: Windows Library Loading
Impact: Remote Code Execution
MS16-029 : Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office (3141806)
Severity Rating: Important
Affected Software: Microsoft Office
Impact: Remote Code Execution
MS16-030 : Vulnerabilities in Windows OLE (3143136)
Severity Rating: Important
Affected Software: Windows OLE
Impact: Remote Code Execution
MS16-031 : Vulnerability in Microsoft Windows (3140410)
Severity Rating: Important
Affected Software: Microsoft Windows
Impact: Elevation of Privilege
MS16-032 : Vulnerability in Secondary Logon (3143141)
Severity Rating: Important
Affected Software: Secondary Logon
Impact: Elevation of Privilege
MS16-033 : Vulnerability in Windows USB Mass Storage Class Driver (3143142)
Severity Rating: Important
Affected Software: Windows USB Mass Storage Class Driver
Impact: Elevation of Privilege
MS16-034 : Vulnerability in Windows Kernel-Mode Drivers (3143145)
Severity Rating: Important
Affected Software: Windows Kernel-Mode Drivers
Impact: Elevation of Privilege
MS16-035 : Vulnerabilities in .NET Framework (3141780)
Severity Rating: Important
Affected Software: .NET Framework
Impact: Security Feature Bypass
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