Patch Tuesday: Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary for May 2016

Microsoft May 2016 Patch Tuesday brings 16 Security Bulletins addressing a total of 37 vulnerabilities. Eight are rated as Critical and remaining eight are rated as Important.

This month high priority fixes are for Internet Explorer, Microsoft Edge and Microsoft Graphics Component which addresses 14 vulnerabilities out of 37 vulnerabilities.

This month eight bulletins are rated as Critical: MS16-051  for Internet Explorer, MS16-052 for Microsoft Edge, MS16-053 for JScript and VBScript , MS16-054 for Microsoft Office , MS16-055 for Microsoft Graphics Component, MS16-056 for Windows Journal, MS16-057 for Windows Shell, and MS16-064 for Adobe Flash Player.

These critical vulnerabilities allow Remote Code Execution and even though MS16-058 for Windows IIS, MS16-059 for Windows Media Center and MS16-061 for Microsoft RPC are marked as Important which allow Remote Code Execution. Overall 11 out of 16 bulletins allow Remote Code Execution, hence these bulletins are of high priority for deploying patches.

Microsoft security bulletin summary for May 2016 in the order of severity:

MS16-051 : Vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer (3155533)
Severity Rating: Critical

Affected Software: Internet Explorer

Impact: Remote Code Execution

MS16-052 : Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Edge (3155538)
Severity Rating: Critical

Affected Software: Microsoft Edge

Impact: Remote Code Execution

MS16-053 : Vulnerabilities in JScript and VBScript (3156764)
Severity Rating: Critical

Affected Software: JScript and VBScript

Impact: Remote Code Execution

MS16-054 : Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office (3155544)
Severity Rating: Critical

Affected Software: Microsoft Office

Impact: Remote Code Execution

MS16-055 : Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Graphics Component (3156754)
Severity Rating: Critical

Affected Software: Microsoft Graphics Component

Impact: Remote Code Execution

MS16-056 : Vulnerabilities in Windows Journal (3156761)
Severity Rating: Critical

Affected Software: Windows Journal

Impact: Remote Code Execution

MS16-057 : Vulnerabilities in Windows Shell (3156987)
Severity Rating: Critical

Affected Software: Windows Shell

Impact: Remote Code Execution

MS16-058 : Vulnerabilities in Windows IIS (3141083)
Severity Rating: Important

Affected Software: Windows IIS

Impact: Remote Code Execution

MS16-059 : Vulnerabilities in Windows Media Center (3150220)
Severity Rating: Important

Affected Software: Windows Media Center

Impact: Remote Code Execution

MS16-060 : Vulnerabilities in Windows Kernel (3154846)
Severity Rating: Important

Affected Software: Windows Kernel

Impact: Elevation of Privilege

MS16-061 : Vulnerabilities in Microsoft RPC (3155520)
Severity Rating: Important

Affected Software: Microsoft RPC

Impact: Remote Code Execution

MS16-062 : Vulnerabilities in Windows Kernel-Mode Drivers (3158222)
Severity Rating: Important

Affected Software: Windows Kernel-Mode Drivers

Impact: Elevation of Privilege

MS16-064 : Vulnerabilities in Adobe Flash Player (3157993)
Severity Rating: Critical

Affected Software: Adobe Flash Player

Impact: Remote Code Execution

MS16-065 : Vulnerabilities in  .NET Framework (3156757)
Severity Rating: Important

Affected Software: .NET Framework

Impact: Information Disclosure

MS16-066 : Vulnerabilities in Virtual Secure Mode (3155451)
Severity Rating: Important

Affected Software: Virtual Secure Mode

Impact: Security Feature Bypass

MS16-067 : Vulnerabilities in Volume Manager Driver (3155784)
Severity Rating: Important

Affected Software: Volume Manager Driver

Impact: Information Disclosure

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