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Summary: Microsoft is blacklisting some publically released versions of securekernel.exe. This advisory includes a list of hashes for specific operating systems that are on the blacklist

Revision Note: V1.0 (August 9, 2016): Bulletin Summary published.
Summary: This bulletin summary lists security bulletins released for August 2016.

Severity Rating: Important
Revision Note: V1.0 (August 9, 2016): Bulletin published.
Summary: This security update resolves a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows. The vulnerability could allow information disclosure when Universal Outlook fails to establish a secure connection.

Severity Rating: Critical
Revision Note: V1.0 (August 9, 2016): Bulletin published.
Summary: This security update resolves vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer. The most severe of the vulnerabilities could allow remote code execution if a user views a specially crafted webpage using Internet Explorer. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerabilities could gain the same user rights as the current user. If the current user is logged on with administrative user rights, an attacker could take control of an affected system. An attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights.

Severity Rating: Important
Revision Note: V1.0 (August 9, 2016): Bulletin published.
Summary: This security update resolves multiple vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows. The vulnerabilities could allow elevation of privilege if an attacker runs a specially crafted application on a domain-joined system.

Severity Rating: Important
Revision Note: V1.0 (August 9, 2016): Bulletin published.
Summary: This security update resolves vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows. The vulnerabilities could allow elevation of privilege if an attacker logs on to an affected system and runs a specially crafted application that could exploit the vulnerabilities and take control of an affected system.

Severity Rating: Important
Revision Note: V1.0 (August 9, 2016): Bulletin published.
Summary: This security update resolves a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows. The vulnerability could allow security feature bypass if an attacker installs an affected boot manager and bypasses Windows security features.

Severity Rating: Critical
Revision Note: V1.0 (August 9, 2016): Bulletin published.
Summary: This security update resolves vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Office, Skype for Business, and Microsoft Lync. The vulnerabilities could allow remote code execution if a user either visits a specially crafted website or opens a specially crafted document. Users whose accounts are configured to have fewer user rights on the system could be less impacted than users who operate with administrative user rights.