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Patch Tuesday: Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary for February 2016

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 Critical, MS16-009 for Interne

Feb 10, 20162 min read

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 Critical, MS16-009for Internet Explorer.  MS16-011 for Microsoft Edge. MS16-012for Windows PDF Library.  MS16-013for Windows Journal. MS16-015for 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

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