Microsoft patched a series of serious bugs for IE and Office next Tuesday
Users of Microsoft products are familiar with Patch Tuesday - the second third day of the month - often used by Microsoft to release patches for their products. Tuesday March 12 will be a very important Patch Tuesday .
Of the seven Windows patches that Microsoft is expected to release, four are listed as "critical" . These patches fix bugs that allow hackers to run malicious code on users' machines by pushing them to a dangerous website or email link.
The first patch is for Internet Explorer (6-10) on platforms from Windows XP to Windows 8. The second patch is for Silverlight plug-in , a plug-in that runs on many other browsers. each other allows the display of videos and other complex content on browsers.
The third patch is for Visio users and Office Filter Pack . However, according to CNET, CTO (technical director) of Qualys security company cannot explain why this patch is rated "extremely important". According to the CTO, "it is difficult to understand why a patch for a software that users can only be attacked when opening the infected file is classified as" extremely important "" ".
The final patch is for Microsoft Sharepoint, a very popular Microsoft content management system. Therefore, this patch will only affect SharePoint businesses.
The 3 remaining patches released by Microsoft on March 12 are also classified as "important" - Important. Therefore, although the vulnerabilities that these patches fix are not as serious as the above flaws, users should still install these patches.
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- Microsoft is preparing to release a series of new security holes
- Microsoft released patches for more than 100 security holes on Windows
- Microsoft updated Patch Tuesday in October 2020, patching the 'Ping of Death' vulnerability on Windows 10
- Detects 'long-standing' security vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office
- Microsoft releases new Patch Tuesday update for Windows 10
- How to Use Visio
- Microsoft released an updated patch for 25 critical security holes
- How to Fix Silverlight Crashes
- Download an emergency Windows patch right away, fix two critical vulnerabilities, affecting every Windows version
- Microsoft introduced a tool to fix security holes in IE 9 and 10
- Microsoft patched drive-by errors in March
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