Patch Tuesday: Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary for September 2014

Microsoft Patch Tuesday September 2014 was announced this month with Four Security Bulletins addressing a total of 42 vulnerabilities. The high priority fix is for Internet Explorer, which alone addresses 37 out of 42 vulnerabilities.

One is rated as Critical, addressing 37 vulnerabilities and three are rated as Important.

Critical security updates addresses security issues in Internet Explorer 6 to Internet Explorer 11 which allow Information Disclosure and Remote Code Execution.

The other three important security updates address issues in .NET Framework, Windows Task Scheduler and Microsoft Lync Server

Microsoft Internet Explorer Information Disclosure (disclose presence of files on local drives) Zero-day (CVE-2013-7331) which has been been exploited in the wild is patched in MS14-052 bulletin.

Microsoft security bulletin summary for September 2014 in order of severity.

MS14-052: Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (2977629)

Severity Rating: Critical

Affected Software: Internet Explorer

Impact: Information Disclosure and Remote Code Execution

MS14-053: Vulnerability in .NET Framework Could Allow Denial of Service (2990931)

Severity Rating: Important

Affected Software: .NET Framework

Impact: Denial of Service

MS14-054: Vulnerability in Windows Task Scheduler Could Allow Elevation of Privilege (2988948)

Severity Rating: Important

Affected Software: Windows Task Scheduler

Impact: Elevation of Privilege

MS14-055: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Lync Server Could Allow Denial of Service (2990928)

Severity Rating: Important

Affected Software: Microsoft Lync Server

Impact: Information Disclosure and Denial of Service

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