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Patch Tuesday: Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary for January 2016

Patch Tuesday: Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary for January 2016

Jan 12, 2016By Antu2 min read

Microsoft Patch Tuesday January 2016 bring nine security bulletins which is addressing 25 vulnerabilities. Six are rated as Critical and 3 are Important. Detect vulnerabilities with the help of a vulnerability management tool.

Six Bulletins are rated as Critical , MS16-001 for Internet Explorer.  MS16-002 for Microsoft Edge, MS16-003for JScript and VBScript,  MS16-004for Microsoft Office, MS16-005 for Windows Drivers and  MS16-006for Silverlight.

MS16-001 : Vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer (3124903)
Severity Rating: Critical
Affected Software: Internet Explorer
Impact: Remote Code Execution.

MS16-002 : Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Edge (3124904)
Severity Rating: Critical
Affected Software: Microsoft Edge
Impact: Remote Code Execution.

MS16-003 : Vulnerability in VBScript and JScript scripting engines (3125540)
Severity Rating: Critical
Affected Software:  JScript and VBScript
Impact:  Remote Code Execution.

MS16-004 : Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office (3124585)
Severity Rating: Critical
Affected Software: Microsoft Office
Impact:  Remote Code Execution.

MS16-005 : Vulnerabilities in Windows Kernel-Mode Drivers (3124584)
Severity Rating: Critical
Affected Software: Windows Kernel-Mode Drivers
Impact:  Remote Code Execution.

MS16-006 : Vulnerabilities in Silverlight (3126036)
Severity Rating: Critical
Affected Software: Microsoft Silverlight
Impact: Remote Code Execution.

MS16-007 : Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows (3124901)
Severity Rating: Important
Affected Software: Microsoft Windows
Impact: Remote Code Execution

MS16-008 : Vulnerabilities in Windows Kernel  (3124605)
Severity Rating: Important
Affected Software: Microsoft Windows
Impact: Privilege Elevation .

MS16-010 : Vulnerabilities in Exchange Server (3124557)
Severity Rating: Important
Affected Software: Exchange Server
Impact:Address Spoofing.

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– AnTu

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