Patch Tuesday: Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary for February 2016

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Microsoft Security Bulletin February 2016 Patch Tuesday bring 13 Security Bulletins, which is addressing 37 vulnerabilities. Six are rated as Critical and 7 are Important. Detect vulnerabilities with a vulnerability management tool.

Following six bulletins are rated as CriticalMS16-009 for Internet Explorer.  MS16-011 for Microsoft Edge. MS16-012 for Windows PDF Library.  MS16-013 for Windows Journal. MS16-015 for Microsoft Office and MS16-022  for Adobe Flash Player.


Microsoft security bulletin summary for February 2016 in order of severity

MS16-009 : Vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer (3134220)
Severity Rating: Critical
Affected Software: Internet Explorer
Impact: Remote Code Execution.

MS16-011 : Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Edge (3134225)
Severity Rating: Critical
Affected Software: Microsoft Edge
Impact:  Remote Code Execution.

MS16-012 : Vulnerabilities in PDF Library (3138938)
Severity Rating: Critical
Affected Software:  Windows PDF Library
Impact:  Remote Code Execution

MS16-013 : Vulnerability in Windows Journal (3134811)
Severity Rating: Critical
Affected Software: Windows Journal
Impact:  Remote Code Execution

MS16-015 : Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office (3134226)
Severity Rating: Critical
Affected Software: Microsoft Office
Impact:  Remote Code Execution

MS16-022 : Vulnerabilities in Adobe Flash Player (3135782)
Severity Rating: Critical
Affected Software: Adobe Flash Player
Impact: Remote Code Execution .

MS16-016 : Vulnerability in WebDAV (3136041)
Severity Rating:  Important
Affected Software: WebDAV
Impact:  Elevation of Privilege

MS16-017 : Vulnerability in Remote Desktop Display Driver (3134700)
Severity Rating: Important
Affected Software: Remote Desktop Display Driver
Impact: Elevation of Privilege

MS16-018 : Vulnerability in Windows Kernel-Mode Drivers  (3136082)
Severity Rating: Important
Affected Software: Windows Kernel-Mode Drivers
Impact: Elevation of Privilege

MS16-019 : Vulnerabilities in .NET Framework (3137893)
Severity Rating: Important
Affected Software: .NET Framework
Impact:  Denial of Service

MS16-020 : Vulnerability in Active Directory Federation Services (3134222)
Severity Rating: Important
Affected Software: Active Directory Federation Services
Impact: Denial of Service

MS16-021 : Vulnerability in  NPS RADIUS Server (3133043)
Severity Rating: Important
Affected Software:  NPS RADIUS Server
Impact: Denial of Service

MS16-014 : Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows  (3134228)
Severity Rating: Important
Affected Software:  Microsoft Windows
Impact: Remote Code Execution

-AnTu