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MS14-034 – Important: Vulnerability in Microsoft Word Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2969261) – Version: 1.0

Severity Rating: Important
Revision Note: V1.0 (June 10, 2014): Bulletin published.
Summary: This security update resolves one privately reported vulnerability in Microsoft Office. The vulnerability could allow remote code execution if a specially crafted file is opened in an affected version of Microsoft Word. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability 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.

2962824 – Update Rollup of Revoked Non-Compliant UEFI Modules – Version: 1.1

Revision Note: V1.1 (June 10, 2014): Advisory revised to announce a detection change for the update rollup (updates 2920189 and 2961908). This is a detection change only. There were no changes to the update files. Customers who have already successfully updated their systems do not need to take any action.
Summary: With this advisory, Microsoft is revoking the digital signature for four private, third-party UEFI (Unified Extensible Firmware Interface) modules that could be loaded during UEFI Secure Boot.

2862973 – Update for Deprecation of MD5 Hashing Algorithm for Microsoft Root Certificate Program – Version: 3.0

Revision Note: V3.0 (June 10, 2014): Revised advisory to rerelease the 2862973 update for Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012. This rerelease only applies to systems running Windows Embedded 8 and Windows Server 2012 for Embedded Systems. See the Advisory FAQ for more information.
Summary: Microsoft is announcing the availability of an update for supported editions of Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, and Windows RT that restricts the use of certificates with MD5 hashes. This restriction is limited to certificates issued under roots in the Microsoft root certificate program. Usage of MD5 hash algorithm in certificates could allow an attacker to spoof content, perform phishing attacks, or perform man-in-the-middle attacks.

MS14-029 – Critical: Security Update for Internet Explorer (2962482) – Version: 1.2

Severity Rating: Critical
Revision Note: V1.2 (May 27, 2014): Bulletin revised to correct the update replacement for the Internet Explorer 11 updates and to announce a detection change in the 2961851 update. This is a detection change only. Customers who have already successfully updated their systems do not need to take any action.
Summary: This security update resolves two privately reported vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer. The 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.

MS14-026 – Important: Vulnerability in .NET Framework Could Allow Elevation of Privilege (2958732) – Version: 1.0

Severity Rating: Important
Revision Note: V1.0 (May 13, 2014): Bulletin published.
Summary: This security update resolves a privately reported vulnerability in Microsoft .NET Framework. The vulnerability could allow elevation of privilege if an authenticated attacker sends specially crafted data to an affected workstation or server that uses .NET Remoting. .NET Remoting is not widely used by applications; only custom applications that have been specifically designed to use .NET Remoting would expose a system to the vulnerability.

MS14-027 – Important: Vulnerability in Windows Shell Handler Could Allow Elevation of Privilege (2962488) – Version: 1.0

Severity Rating: Important
Revision Note: V1.0 (May 13, 2014): Bulletin published.
Summary: This security update resolves a privately reported vulnerability in Microsoft Windows. The vulnerability could allow elevation of privilege if an attacker runs a specially crafted application that uses ShellExecute. An attacker must have valid logon credentials and be able to log on locally to exploit this vulnerability.

MS14-025 – Important: Vulnerability in Group Policy Preferences Could Allow Elevation of Privilege (2962486) – Version: 1.0

Severity Rating: Important
Revision Note: V1.0 (May 13, 2014): Bulletin published.
Summary: This security update resolves a publicly disclosed vulnerability in Microsoft Windows. The vulnerability could allow elevation of privilege if an authenticated attacker uses certain Active Directory Group Policy preferences extensions to configure, distribute and ultimately decrypt the passwords that are stored with Group Policy preferences.

MS14-022 – Critical: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft SharePoint Server Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2952166) – Version: 1.0

Severity Rating: Critical
Revision Note: V1.0 (May 13, 2014): Bulletin published.
Summary: This security update resolves multiple privately reported vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office server and productivity software. The most severe of these vulnerabilities could allow remote code execution if an authenticated attacker sends specially crafted page content to a target SharePoint server.