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Microsoft Releases Largest Patch Update Ever

Posted By Netgear Threat Lab at 5:35 PM, October 14, 2010

Yesterday, Microsoft released its security updates for October. This update includes a record 16 security patches-which fixes 49 vulnerabilities.

This update contains 4 patches of the highest level of risk, 10 patches of the level important, and 2 medium-level patches. Of the most notable are MS10-071 and MS10-076.

The MS10-071 patch fixes 12 security vulnerabilities within IE. Most of the vulnerabilities can cause the user when using IE, be vulnerable to attack by a Web page that contains a specially crafted viruses resulting in disclosure of data, unwanted remote access to the machine, and other serious consequences.

The MS10-076 patch fixes some of the unusual embedded EOT fonts vulnerability within the OS. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to launch remote code execution attacks.

We recall back in August, Microsoft had to release at that time the largest update yet, which included patches for 34 security vulnerabilities. That record was short lived however - lasting only two months.

Posted by: Netgear Threat Lab at 5:35 PM
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