Gladiator Research and Security

Microsoft has announced 4 new patches today to fix vulnerabilities that could allow remote code execution, elevation of privileges and tampering.  Three patches are rated Critical by Microsoft and affects Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Office.  One patch is rated Important by Microsoft and affects Microsoft Outlook.  Gladiator recommends that users with impacted systems apply all Critical patches immediately. Detailed information for the patches can be found in Microsoft’s July Security Bulletin.  Summary information is included below:

Microsoft has announced 10 new patches today to fix vulnerabilities that could allow remote code execution, elevation of privileges and tampering.  Three patches are rated Critical by Microsoft and affect Microsoft Windows and Internet Explorer.  Seven patches are rated Important by Microsoft and affect Microsoft Windows, Office, and the .NET Framework.  Gladiator recommends that users with impacted systems apply all Critical patches immediately. Other patches can be applied during your normal patch roll outs.  Detailed information for the patches can be found in Microsoft’s June Security Bulletin. 

Microsoft has announced two new patches today to fix vulnerabilities that could allow remote code execution.  Both patches are rated Critical by Microsoft and affect Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Office.  Gladiator recommends that users with impacted systems apply both Critical patches. Detailed information for the patches can be found in Microsoft’s May Security Bulletin. 

Microsoft has announced 11 new patches today to fix vulnerabilities that could allow remote code execution, denial of service, elevation of privileges, and spoofing.  Five patches are rated Critical by Microsoft and affect Microsoft Windows.  Five patches are rated Important by Microsoft and affect Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Office.  One patch is rated Moderate and affects Microsoft Windows.  Gladiator recommends that users immediately apply the Critical patches. Detailed information for the patches can be found in Microsoft’s April Security Bulletin. 

Microsoft has announced two new patches today to fix vulnerabilities that could allow remote code execution.  Both patches are rated Important by Microsoft and affect Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Office.  Gladiator recommends that users immediately apply the Microsoft Office Excel patch. Detailed information for the patches can be found in Microsoft’s March Security Bulletin. 

Microsoft has announced 13 new patches for its February release. One vulnerability causing an elevation of privileges, fixed by MS10-015 and rated Important by Microsoft, already has exploit code available.  Five patches are rated Critical, seven are rated Important, and one is rated Moderate.  Gladiator recommends that users immediately apply all critical updates. Detailed information for these patches can be found in Microsoft’s February Security Bulletin. 

Microsoft has announced one new patch today regarding a flaw that could allow remote code execution.  The patch is rated Critical for Windows 2000 servers and Low for devices using other Windows Operating Systems.  Gladiator recommends that users immediately apply this update. Detailed information for the patch can be found in Microsoft’s January Security Bulletin.  Summary information is included below: