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MS15-015 – Important: Vulnerability in Microsoft Windows Could Allow Elevation of Privilege (3031432) – Version: 1.0

Severity Rating: Important
Revision Note: V1.0 (February 10, 2015): Bulletin published.
Summary: This security update resolves a privately reported vulnerability in Microsoft Windows. The vulnerability could allow elevation of privilege if an authenticated attacker acquires administrator credentials and runs a specially crafted application designed to increase privileges.

MS15-011 – Critical: Vulnerability in Group Policy Could Allow Remote Code Execution (3000483) – Version: 1.0

Severity Rating: Critical
Revision Note: V1.0 (February 10, 2015): Bulletin published.
Summary: This security update resolves a privately reported vulnerability in Microsoft Windows. A remote code execution vulnerability exists in how group policy receives and applies connection data when a domain-joined system connects to a domain controller. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could take complete control of an affected system. An attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights.

MS15-009 – Critical: Security Update for Internet Explorer (3034682) – Version: 1.0

Severity Rating: Critical
Revision Note: V1.0 (February 10, 2015): Bulletin published.
Summary: This security update resolves one publicly disclosed and forty privately reported vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer. The most severe of these vulnerabilities could allow remote code execution if a user views a specially crafted webpage using Internet Explorer. An attacker who successfully exploited these vulnerabilities could gain the same user rights as the current user. Customers whose accounts are configured to have fewer user rights on the system could be less impacted than those who operate with administrative user rights.

MS15-012 – Important: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Could Allow Remote Code Execution (3032328) – Version: 1.0

Severity Rating: Important
Revision Note: V1.0 (February 10, 2015): Bulletin published.
Summary: This security update resolves three privately reported vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office. The vulnerabilities could allow remote code execution if a user opens a specially crafted Microsoft Office file. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerabilities could gain the same user rights as the current user. Customers whose accounts are configured to have fewer user rights on the system could be less impacted than those who operate with administrative user rights.

3004375 – Update for Windows Command Line Auditing – Version: 1.0

Revision Note: V1.0 (February 10, 2015): Advisory published.
Summary: Microsoft is announcing the availability of an update for supported editions of Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows Server 2008R2 and Windows Server 2012 that expands the Audit Process Creation policy to include the command information passed to every process. This is a new feature that provides valuable information to help administrators monitor, troubleshoot, and investigate security-related activities on their networks. For more information, see Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 3004375.

MS15-016 – Important: Vulnerability in Microsoft Graphics Component Could Allow Information Disclosure (3029944) – Version: 1.0

Severity Rating: Important
Revision Note: V1.0 (February 10, 2015): Bulletin published.
Summary: This security update resolves a privately reported vulnerability in Microsoft Windows. The vulnerability could allow information disclosure if a user browses to a website containing a specially crafted TIFF image. This vulnerability would not allow an attacker to execute code or to elevate their user rights directly, but it could be used to obtain information that could be used to try to further compromise the affected system.

MS15-013 – Important: Vulnerability in Microsoft Office Could Allow Security Feature Bypass (3033857) – Version: 1.0

Severity Rating: Important
Revision Note: V1.0 (February 10, 2015): Bulletin published.
Summary: This security update resolves one publicly disclosed vulnerability in Microsoft Office. The vulnerability could allow security feature bypass if a user opens a specially crafted Microsoft Office file. The security feature bypass by itself does not allow arbitrary code execution. However, an attacker could use this security feature bypass vulnerability in conjunction with another vulnerability, such as a remote code execution vulnerability, to run arbitrary code.

MS15-017 – Important: Vulnerability in Virtual Machine Manager Could Allow Elevation of Privilege (3035898) – Version: 1.0

Severity Rating: Important
Revision Note: V1.0 (February 10, 2015): Bulletin published.
Summary: This security update resolves a privately reported vulnerability in Virtual Machine Manager (VMM). The vulnerability could allow elevation of privilege if an attacker logs on an affected system. An attacker must have valid Active Directory logon credentials and be able to log on with those credentials to exploit the vulnerability.