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Patch Tuesday: Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary for March 2016

Microsoft Patch Tuesday March 2016 brings 14 Security Bulletins addressing a total of 44 vulnerabilities. Six are rated as Critical and eight are rated as Important. This month high priority fixes are for Internet Explorer and Microsoft Edge which addresses 24 vulnerabilities out of 44 vulnerabiliti

Mar 10, 20162 min read
Patch Tuesday March 2016
Patch Tuesday March 2016

Microsoft Patch Tuesday March 2016 brings 14 Security Bulletins addressing a total of 44 vulnerabilities. Six are rated as Critical and eight are rated as Important. This month high priority fixes are for Internet Explorer and Microsoft Edge which addresses 24 vulnerabilities out of 44 vulnerabilities.

Following six bulletins are rated as Critical:MS16-023 for Internet Explorer, MS16-024 for Microsoft Edge, MS16-026 for Graphic Fonts, MS16-027 for Windows Media, MS16-028 for Microsoft Windows PDF Library and MS16-036 for Adobe Flash Player.

These critical vulnerabilities allow Remote Code Execution and even though MS16-025, MS16-029 and MS16-030 are marked as Important they allow Remote Code Execution. Overall 9 out of 14 bulletins allow Remote Code Execution, hence these bulletins are of high priority for deploying patches.

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

MS16-023 : Vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer (3142015)
Severity Rating: Critical

Affected Software: Internet Explorer

Impact: Remote Code Execution

MS16-024 : Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Edge (3142019)
Severity Rating: Critical

Affected Software: Microsoft Edge

Impact: Remote Code Execution

MS16-026 : Vulnerabilities in Graphic Fonts (3143148)
Severity Rating: Critical

Affected Software: Graphic Fonts

Impact: Remote Code Execution

MS16-027 : Vulnerabilities in Windows Media (3143146)
Severity Rating: Critical

Affected Software: Windows Media

Impact: Remote Code Execution

MS16-028 : Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows PDF Library (3143081)
Severity Rating: Critical

Affected Software: Microsoft Windows PDF Library

Impact: Remote Code Execution

MS16-036 : Vulnerabilities in Adobe Flash Player (3144756)
Severity Rating: Critical

Affected Software: Adobe Flash Player

Impact: Remote Code Execution

MS16-025 : Vulnerability in Windows Library Loading (3140709)
Severity Rating:  Important

Affected Software: Windows Library Loading

Impact: Remote Code Execution

MS16-029 : Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office (3141806)
Severity Rating:  Important

Affected Software: Microsoft Office

Impact: Remote Code Execution

MS16-030 : Vulnerabilities in Windows OLE (3143136)
Severity Rating:  Important

Affected Software: Windows OLE

Impact: Remote Code Execution

MS16-031 : Vulnerability in Microsoft Windows (3140410)
Severity Rating:  Important

Affected Software: Microsoft Windows

Impact: Elevation of Privilege

MS16-032 : Vulnerability in Secondary Logon (3143141)
Severity Rating:  Important

Affected Software: Secondary Logon

Impact: Elevation of Privilege

MS16-033 : Vulnerability in Windows USB Mass Storage Class Driver (3143142)
Severity Rating:  Important

Affected Software: Windows USB Mass Storage Class Driver

Impact: Elevation of Privilege

MS16-034 : Vulnerability in Windows Kernel-Mode Drivers (3143145)
Severity Rating: Important

Affected Software: Windows Kernel-Mode Drivers

Impact: Elevation of Privilege

MS16-035 : Vulnerabilities in .NET Framework (3141780)
Severity Rating: Important

Affected Software: .NET Framework

Impact: Security Feature Bypass

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