Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary for October 2010

Published: Tuesday, October 12, 2010 | Updated: Wednesday, October 26, 2011

Version: 4.1

This bulletin summary lists security bulletins released for October 2010.

With the release of the bulletins for October 2010, this bulletin summary replaces the bulletin advance notification originally issued October 7, 2010. For more information about the bulletin advance notification service, see Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification.

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Microsoft also provides information to help customers prioritize monthly security updates with any non-security, high-priority updates that are being released on the same day as the monthly security updates. Please see the section, Other Information.

Bulletin Information

Executive Summaries

The following table summarizes the security bulletins for this month in order of severity.

For details on affected software, see the next section, Affected Software and Download Locations.

Bulletin ID	Bulletin Title and Executive Summary	Maximum Severity Rating and Vulnerability Impact	Restart Requirement	Affected Software
MS10-071	Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (2360131) This security update resolves seven privately reported vulnerabilities and three publicly disclosed vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer. The most severe vulnerabilities could allow remote code execution if a user views a specially crafted Web page using Internet Explorer. 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.	Critical Remote Code Execution	Requires restart	Microsoft Windows, Internet Explorer
MS10-075	Vulnerability in Media Player Network Sharing Service Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2281679) This security update resolves a privately reported vulnerability in the Microsoft Windows Media Player network sharing service. The vulnerability could allow remote code execution if an attacker sent a specially crafted RTSP packet to an affected system. However, Internet access to home media is disabled by default. In this default configuration, the vulnerability can be exploited only by an attacker within the same subnet.	Critical Remote Code Execution	May require restart	Microsoft Windows
MS10-076	Vulnerability in the Embedded OpenType Font Engine Could Allow Remote Code Execution (982132) This security update resolves a privately reported vulnerability in a Microsoft Windows component, the Embedded OpenType (EOT) Font Engine. The vulnerability could allow remote code execution. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could take complete control of an affected system remotely. An attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights. 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.	Critical Remote Code Execution	May require restart	Microsoft Windows
MS10-077	Vulnerability in .NET Framework Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2160841) This security update resolves a privately reported vulnerability in Microsoft .NET Framework. The vulnerability could allow remote code execution on a client system if a user views a specially crafted Web page using a Web browser that can run XAML Browser Applications (XBAPs). 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. The vulnerability could also allow remote code execution on a server system running IIS, if that server allows processing ASP.NET pages and an attacker succeeds in uploading a specially crafted ASP.NET page to that server and then executes the page, as could be the case in a Web hosting scenario.	Critical Remote Code Execution	May require restart	Microsoft Windows, Microsoft .NET Framework
MS10-072	Vulnerabilities in SafeHTML Could Allow Information Disclosure (2412048) This security update resolves one publicly disclosed vulnerability and one privately reported vulnerability in Microsoft SharePoint and Windows SharePoint Services. The vulnerabilities could allow information disclosure if an attacker submits specially crafted script to a target site using SafeHTML.	Important Information Disclosure	May require restart	Microsoft Server Software
MS10-073	Vulnerabilities in Windows Kernel-Mode Drivers Could Allow Elevation of Privilege (981957) This security update resolves several publicly disclosed vulnerabilities in the Windows kernel-mode drivers. The most severe of these vulnerabilities could allow elevation of privilege if an attacker logs on to an affected system and runs a specially crafted application. An attacker must have valid logon credentials and be able to log on locally to exploit this vulnerability. The vulnerability could not be exploited remotely or by anonymous users.	Important Elevation of Privilege	Requires restart	Microsoft Windows
MS10-078	Vulnerabilities in the OpenType Font (OTF) Format Driver Could Allow Elevation of Privilege (2279986) This security update resolves two privately reported vulnerabilities in the Windows OpenType Font (OTF) format driver. This security update is rated Important for all supported editions of Windows XP and Windows Server 2003. All supported editions of Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows 7, and Windows Server 2008 R2 are not affected by the vulnerability. The vulnerabilities could allow elevation of privilege if a user views content rendered in a specially crafted OpenType font. An attacker must have valid logon credentials and be able to log on locally to exploit this vulnerability. The vulnerability could not be exploited remotely or by anonymous users.	Important Elevation of Privilege	Requires restart	Microsoft Windows
MS10-079	Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Word Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2293194) This security update resolves eleven privately reported vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office. The vulnerabilities could allow remote code execution if a user opens a specially crafted Word file. An attacker who successfully exploited any of these vulnerabilities could gain the same user rights as the local user. 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.	Important Remote Code Execution	May require restart	Microsoft Office
MS10-080	Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Excel Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2293211) This security update resolves thirteen privately reported vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office. The vulnerabilities could allow remote code execution if a user opens a specially crafted Excel file or a specially crafted Lotus 1-2-3 file. An attacker who successfully exploited any of these vulnerabilities could gain the same user rights as the local user. 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.	Important Remote Code Execution	May require restart	Microsoft Office
MS10-081	Vulnerability in Windows Common Control Library Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2296011) This security update resolves a privately reported vulnerability in the Windows common control library. The vulnerability could allow remote code execution if a user visited a specially crafted Web page. If a user is logged on with administrative user rights, 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. 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.	Important Remote Code Execution	Requires restart	Microsoft Windows
MS10-082	Vulnerability in Windows Media Player Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2378111) This security update resolves a privately reported vulnerability in Windows Media Player. The vulnerability could allow remote code execution if Windows Media Player opened specially crafted media content hosted on a malicious Web site. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could gain the same user rights as the local user. 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.	Important Remote Code Execution	May require restart	Microsoft Windows
MS10-083	Vulnerability in COM Validation in Windows Shell and WordPad Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2405882) This security update resolves a privately reported vulnerability in Microsoft Windows. The vulnerability could allow remote code execution if a user opens a specially crafted file using WordPad or selects or opens a shortcut file that is on a network or WebDAV share. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could gain the same user rights as the local user. 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.	Important Remote Code Execution	Requires restart	Microsoft Windows
MS10-084	Vulnerability in Windows Local Procedure Call Could Cause Elevation of Privilege (2360937) This security update resolves a publicly disclosed vulnerability in Microsoft Windows. This security update is rated Important for all supported editions of Windows XP and Windows Server 2003. All supported editions of Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows 7, and Windows Server 2008 R2 are not affected by the vulnerability. The vulnerability could allow elevation of privilege if an attacker logs on to an affected system and runs specially crafted code that sends an LPC message to the local LRPC Server. The message could then allow an authenticated user to access resources that are running in the context of the NetworkService account. An attacker must have valid logon credentials and be able to log on locally to exploit this vulnerability.	Important Elevation of Privilege	Requires restart	Microsoft Windows
MS10-085	Vulnerability in SChannel Could Allow Denial of Service (2207566) This security update resolves a privately reported vulnerability in the Secure Channel (SChannel) security package in Windows. The vulnerability could allow denial of service if an affected system received a specially crafted packet message via Secure Sockets Layer (SSL). By default, all supported editions of Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows 7, and Windows Server 2008 R2 are not configured to receive SSL network traffic.	Important Denial of Service	Requires restart	Microsoft Windows
MS10-074	Vulnerability in Microsoft Foundation Classes Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2387149) This security update resolves a publicly disclosed vulnerability in the Microsoft Foundation Class (MFC) Library. The vulnerability could allow remote code execution if a user is logged on with administrative user rights and opens an application built with the MFC Library. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could obtain the same permissions as the currently logged-on user. If a user is logged on with administrative user rights, an attacker could take complete control of the affected system. An attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights. 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.	Moderate Remote Code Execution	May require restart	Microsoft Windows
MS10-086	Vulnerability in Windows Shared Cluster Disks Could Allow Tampering (2294255) This security update resolves a privately reported vulnerability in Windows Server 2008 R2 when used as a shared failover cluster. The vulnerability could allow data tampering on the administrative shares of failover cluster disks. By default, Windows Server 2008 R2 servers are not affected by this vulnerability. This vulnerability only applies to the cluster disks used in a failover cluster.	Moderate Tampering	Requires restart	Microsoft Windows

Exploitability Index

The following table provides an exploitability assessment of each of the vulnerabilities addressed this month. The vulnerabilities are listed in order of decreasing exploitability assessment level then CVE ID. Only vulnerabilities that have a severity rating of Critical or Important in the bulletins are included.

How do I use this table?

Use this table to learn about the likelihood of functioning exploit code being released within 30 days of security bulletin release, for each of the security updates that you may need to install. You should review each of the assessments below, in accordance with your specific configuration, in order to prioritize your deployment. For more information about what these ratings mean, and how they are determined, please see Microsoft Exploitability Index.

Bulletin ID	Vulnerability Title	CVE ID	Exploitability Index Assessment	Key Notes
MS10-083	COM Validation Vulnerability	CVE-2010-1263	1 - Consistent exploit code likely	(None)
MS10-076	Embedded OpenType Font Integer Overflow Vulnerability	CVE-2010-1883	1 - Consistent exploit code likely	ASLR on newer operating systems makes exploitation more difficult
MS10-078	OpenType Font Parsing Vulnerability	CVE-2010-2740	1 - Consistent exploit code likely	(None)
MS10-078	OpenType Font Validation Vulnerability	CVE-2010-2741	1 - Consistent exploit code likely	(None)
MS10-073	Win32k Keyboard Layout Vulnerability	CVE-2010-2743	1 - Consistent exploit code likely	This vulnerability has been disclosed publicly and is currently being exploited in the Internet ecosystem
MS10-073	Win32k Window Class Vulnerability	CVE-2010-2744	1 - Consistent exploit code likely	This vulnerability has been disclosed publicly
MS10-082	Windows Media Player Memory Corruption Vulnerability	CVE-2010-2745	1 - Consistent exploit code likely	(None)
MS10-081	Comctl32 Heap Overflow Vulnerability	CVE-2010-2746	1 - Consistent exploit code likely	(None)
MS10-079	Word Stack Overflow Vulnerability	CVE-2010-3214	1 - Consistent exploit code likely	(None)
MS10-079	Word Bookmarks Vulnerability	CVE-2010-3216	1 - Consistent exploit code likely	(None)
MS10-084	LPC Message Buffer Overrun Vulnerability	CVE-2010-3222	1 - Consistent exploit code likely	This vulnerability has been disclosed publicly
MS10-075	RTSP Use After Free Vulnerability	CVE-2010-3225	1 - Consistent exploit code likely	(None)
MS10-077	.NET Framework x64 JIT Compiler Vulnerability	CVE-2010-3228	1 - Consistent exploit code likely	(None)
MS10-080	Excel File Format Parsing Vulnerability	CVE-2010-3232	1 - Consistent exploit code likely	(None)
MS10-080	Formula Substream Memory Corruption Vulnerability	CVE-2010-3234	1 - Consistent exploit code likely	(None)
MS10-080	Formula Biff Record Vulnerability	CVE-2010-3235	1 - Consistent exploit code likely	(None)
MS10-080	Out Of Bounds Array Vulnerability	CVE-2010-3236	1 - Consistent exploit code likely	(None)
MS10-080	Negative Future Function Vulnerability	CVE-2010-3238	1 - Consistent exploit code likely	(None)
MS10-080	Extra Out of Boundary Record Parsing Vulnerability	CVE-2010-3239	1 - Consistent exploit code likely	(None)
MS10-071	Uninitialized Memory Corruption Vulnerability	CVE-2010-3326	1 - Consistent exploit code likely	(None)
MS10-071	Uninitialized Memory Corruption Vulnerability	CVE-2010-3328	1 - Consistent exploit code likely	(None)
MS10-071	Uninitialized Memory Corruption Vulnerability	CVE-2010-3329	1 - Consistent exploit code likely	(None)
MS10-071	Uninitialized Memory Corruption Vulnerability	CVE-2010-3331	1 - Consistent exploit code likely	(None)
MS10-079	Word Uninitialized Pointer Vulnerability	CVE-2010-2747	2 - Inconsistent exploit code likely	(None)
MS10-079	Word Boundary Check Vulnerability	CVE-2010-2748	2 - Inconsistent exploit code likely	(None)
MS10-079	Word Index Vulnerability	CVE-2010-2750	2 - Inconsistent exploit code likely	(None)
MS10-079	Word Return Value Vulnerability	CVE-2010-3215	2 - Inconsistent exploit code likely	(None)
MS10-079	Word Pointer Vulnerability	CVE-2010-3217	2 - Inconsistent exploit code likely	(None)
MS10-079	Word Heap Overflow Vulnerability	CVE-2010-3218	2 - Inconsistent exploit code likely	(None)
MS10-079	Word Index Parsing Vulnerability	CVE-2010-3219	2 - Inconsistent exploit code likely	(None)
MS10-079	Word Parsing Vulnerability	CVE-2010-3220	2 - Inconsistent exploit code likely	(None)
MS10-079	Word Parsing Vulnerability	CVE-2010-3221	2 - Inconsistent exploit code likely	(None)
MS10-080	Excel Record Parsing Integer Overflow Vulnerability	CVE-2010-3230	2 - Inconsistent exploit code likely	(None)
MS10-080	Excel Record Parsing Memory Corruption Vulnerability	CVE-2010-3231	2 - Inconsistent exploit code likely	(None)
MS10-080	Lotus 1-2-3 Workbook Parsing Vulnerability	CVE-2010-3233	2 - Inconsistent exploit code likely	(None)
MS10-080	Merge Cell Record Pointer Vulnerability	CVE-2010-3237	2 - Inconsistent exploit code likely	(None)
MS10-080	Real Time Data Array Record Vulnerability	CVE-2010-3240	2 - Inconsistent exploit code likely	(None)
MS10-080	Out-of-Bounds Memory Write in Parsing Vulnerability	CVE-2010-3241	2 - Inconsistent exploit code likely	(None)
MS10-080	Ghost Record Type Parsing Vulnerability	CVE-2010-3242	2 - Inconsistent exploit code likely	(None)
MS10-073	Win32k Reference Count Vulnerability	CVE-2010-2549	3 - Functioning exploit code unlikely	This vulnerability has been disclosed publicly
MS10-085	TLSv1 Denial of Service Vulnerability	CVE-2010-3229	3 - Functioning exploit code unlikely	Maximum security impact is denial of service only
MS10-071	HTML Sanitization Vulnerability	CVE-2010-3243	3 - Functioning exploit code unlikely	MS10-072 also addresses this vulnerability. Maximum security impact is information disclosure only.
MS10-072	HTML Sanitization Vulnerability	CVE-2010-3243	3 - Functioning exploit code unlikely	MS10-071 also addresses this vulnerability. Maximum security impact is information disclosure only.
MS10-071	HTML Sanitization Vulnerability	CVE-2010-3324	3 - Functioning exploit code unlikely	MS10-072 also addresses this vulnerability. This vulnerability has been disclosed publicly. Maximum security impact is information disclosure only.
MS10-072	HTML Sanitization Vulnerability	CVE-2010-3324	3 - Functioning exploit code unlikely	MS10-071 also addresses this vulnerability. This vulnerability has been disclosed publicly. Maximum security impact is information disclosure only.
MS10-071	CSS Special Character Information Disclosure Vulnerability	CVE-2010-3325	3 - Functioning exploit code unlikely	This vulnerability has been disclosed publicly. Maximum security impact is information disclosure only.
MS10-071	Cross-Domain Information Disclosure Vulnerability	CVE-2010-3330	3 - Functioning exploit code unlikely	Maximum security impact is information disclosure only

Affected Software and Download Locations


Windows XP
Bulletin Identifier	MS10-071	MS10-075	MS10-076	MS10-077	MS10-073	MS10-078	MS10-081	MS10-082	MS10-083	MS10-084	MS10-085	MS10-074	MS10-086
Aggregate Severity Rating	Critical	None	Critical	Critical	Important	Important	Important	Important	Important	Important	None	Moderate	None
Windows XP Service Pack 3	Internet Explorer 6 (Critical) Internet Explorer 7 (Critical) Internet Explorer 8 (Critical)	Not applicable	Windows XP Service Pack 3 (Critical)	Not applicable	Windows XP Service Pack 3 (Important)	Windows XP Service Pack 3 (Important)	Windows XP Service Pack 3 (Important)	Windows Media Player 9 Series (Important) Windows Media Player 10 (Important) Windows Media Player 11 (Important)	Windows XP Service Pack 3 (KB979687) (Important)	Windows XP Service Pack 3 (Important)	Not applicable	Windows XP Service Pack 3 (Moderate)	Not applicable
Windows XP Professional x64 Edition Service Pack 2	Internet Explorer 6 (Critical) Internet Explorer 7 (Critical) Internet Explorer 8 (Critical)	Not applicable	Windows XP Professional x64 Edition Service Pack 2 (Critical)	Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0^[1] (Critical)	Windows XP Professional x64 Edition Service Pack 2 (Important)	Windows XP Professional x64 Edition Service Pack 2 (Important)	Windows XP Professional x64 Edition Service Pack 2 (Important)	Windows Media Player 10 (Important) Windows Media Player 11 (Important)	Windows XP Professional x64 Edition Service Pack 2 (KB979687) (Important)	Windows XP Professional x64 Edition Service Pack 2 (Important)	Not applicable	Windows XP Professional x64 Edition Service Pack 2 (Moderate)	Not applicable
Windows Server 2003
Bulletin Identifier	MS10-071	MS10-075	MS10-076	MS10-077	MS10-073	MS10-078	MS10-081	MS10-082	MS10-083	MS10-084	MS10-085	MS10-074	MS10-086
Aggregate Severity Rating	Important	None	Critical	Critical	Important	Important	Important	Important	Important	Important	None	Moderate	None
Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2	Internet Explorer 6 (Important) Internet Explorer 7 (Important) Internet Explorer 8 (Important)	Not applicable	Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 (Critical)	Not applicable	Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 (Important)	Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 (Important)	Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 (Important)	Windows Media Player 10 (Important)	Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 (KB979687) (Important)	Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 (Important)	Not applicable	Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 (Moderate)	Not applicable
Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition Service Pack 2	Internet Explorer 6 (Important) Internet Explorer 7 (Important) Internet Explorer 8 (Important)	Not applicable	Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition Service Pack 2 (Critical)	Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0^[1] (Critical)	Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition Service Pack 2 (Important)	Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition Service Pack 2 (Important)	Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition Service Pack 2 (Important)	Windows Media Player 10 (Important)	Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition Service Pack 2 (KB979687) (Important)	Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition Service Pack 2 (Important)	Not applicable	Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition Service Pack 2 (Moderate)	Not applicable
Windows Server 2003 with SP2 for Itanium-based Systems	Internet Explorer 6 (Important) Internet Explorer 7 (Important)	Not applicable	Windows Server 2003 with SP2 for Itanium-based Systems (Critical)	Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0^[1] (Critical)	Windows Server 2003 with SP2 for Itanium-based Systems (Important)	Windows Server 2003 with SP2 for Itanium-based Systems (Important)	Windows Server 2003 with SP2 for Itanium-based Systems (Important)	Not applicable	Windows Server 2003 with SP2 for Itanium-based Systems (KB979687) (Important)	Windows Server 2003 with SP2 for Itanium-based Systems (Important)	Not applicable	Windows Server 2003 with SP2 for Itanium-based Systems (Moderate)	Not applicable
Windows Vista
Bulletin Identifier	MS10-071	MS10-075	MS10-076	MS10-077	MS10-073	MS10-078	MS10-081	MS10-082	MS10-083	MS10-084	MS10-085	MS10-074	MS10-086
Aggregate Severity Rating	Critical	Important	Critical	Critical	Important	None	Important	Important	Important	None	Important	Moderate	None
Windows Vista Service Pack 1 and Windows Vista Service Pack 2	Internet Explorer 7 (Critical) Internet Explorer 8 (Critical)	Windows Vista Service Pack 1 and Windows Vista Service Pack 2 (Important)	Windows Vista Service Pack 1 and Windows Vista Service Pack 2 (Critical)	Not applicable	Windows Vista Service Pack 1 and Windows Vista Service Pack 2 (Important)	Not applicable	Windows Vista Service Pack 1 and Windows Vista Service Pack 2 (Important)	Windows Media Player 11 (Important)	Windows Vista Service Pack 1 and Windows Vista Service Pack 2^[1] (KB979687) (Important) Windows Vista Service Pack 1 and Windows Vista Service Pack 2^[1] (KB979688) (Important)	Not applicable	Windows Vista Service Pack 1 and Windows Vista Service Pack 2 (Important)	Windows Vista Service Pack 1 and Windows Vista Service Pack 2 (Moderate)	Not applicable
Windows Vista x64 Edition Service Pack 1 and Windows Vista x64 Edition Service Pack 2	Internet Explorer 7 (Critical) Internet Explorer 8 (Critical)	Windows Vista x64 Edition Service Pack 1 and Windows Vista x64 Edition Service Pack 2 (Important)	Windows Vista x64 Edition Service Pack 1 and Windows Vista x64 Edition Service Pack 2 (Critical)	Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0^[1] (Critical)	Windows Vista x64 Edition Service Pack 1 and Windows Vista x64 Edition Service Pack 2 (Important)	Not applicable	Windows Vista x64 Edition Service Pack 1 and Windows Vista x64 Edition Service Pack 2 (Important)	Windows Media Player 11 (Important)	Windows Vista x64 Edition Service Pack 1 and Windows Vista x64 Edition Service Pack 2^[1] (KB979687) (Important) Windows Vista x64 Edition Service Pack 1 and Windows Vista x64 Edition Service Pack 2^[1] (KB979688) (Important)	Not applicable	Windows Vista x64 Edition Service Pack 1 and Windows Vista x64 Edition Service Pack 2 (Important)	Windows Vista x64 Edition Service Pack 1 and Windows Vista x64 Edition Service Pack 2 (Moderate)	Not applicable
Windows Server 2008
Bulletin Identifier	MS10-071	MS10-075	MS10-076	MS10-077	MS10-073	MS10-078	MS10-081	MS10-082	MS10-083	MS10-084	MS10-085	MS10-074	MS10-086
Aggregate Severity Rating	Important	None	Critical	Important	Important	None	Important	Moderate	Important	None	Important	Moderate	None
Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems and Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 2	Internet Explorer 7 (Important) Internet Explorer 8 (Important)	Not applicable	Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems and Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 2** (Critical)	Not applicable	Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems and Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 2* (Important)	Not applicable	Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems and Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 2** (Important)	Windows Media Player 11** (Moderate)	Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems and Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 2^[1] (KB979687) (Important) Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems and Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 2^[1] (KB979688) (Important)	Not applicable	Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems and Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 2* (Important)	Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems and Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 2** (Moderate)	Not applicable
Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems and Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 2	Internet Explorer 7 (Important) Internet Explorer 8 (Important)	Not applicable	Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems and Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 2** (Critical)	Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0**^[1] (Important)	Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems and Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 2* (Important)	Not applicable	Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems and Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 2** (Important)	Windows Media Player 11** (Moderate)	Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems and Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 2^[1] (KB979687) (Important) Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems and Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 2^[1] (KB979688) (Important)	Not applicable	Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems and Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 2* (Important)	Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems and Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 2** (Moderate)	Not applicable
Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-based Systems and Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-based Systems Service Pack 2	Internet Explorer 7 (Important)	Not applicable	Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-based Systems and Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-based Systems Service Pack 2 (Critical)	Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0^[1] (Important)	Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-based Systems and Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-based Systems Service Pack 2 (Important)	Not applicable	Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-based Systems and Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-based Systems Service Pack 2 (Important)	Not applicable	Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-based Systems and Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-based Systems Service Pack 2^[1] (KB979687) (Important) Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-based Systems and Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-based Systems Service Pack 2^[1] (KB979688) (Important)	Not applicable	Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-based Systems and Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-based Systems Service Pack 2 (Important)	Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-based Systems and Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-based Systems Service Pack 2 (Moderate)	Not applicable
Windows 7
Bulletin Identifier	MS10-071	MS10-075	MS10-076	MS10-077	MS10-073	MS10-078	MS10-081	MS10-082	MS10-083	MS10-084	MS10-085	MS10-074	MS10-086
Aggregate Severity Rating	Critical	Critical	Critical	Critical	Important	None	Important	Important	Important	None	Important	Moderate	None
Windows 7 for 32-bit Systems	Internet Explorer 8 (Critical)	Windows 7 for 32-bit Systems (Critical)	Windows 7 for 32-bit Systems (Critical)	Not applicable	Windows 7 for 32-bit Systems (Important)	Not applicable	Windows 7 for 32-bit Systems (Important)	Windows Media Player 12 (Important)	Windows 7 for 32-bit Systems^[1] (KB979687) (Important) Windows 7 for 32-bit Systems^[1] (KB979688) (Important)	Not applicable	Windows 7 for 32-bit Systems (Important)	Windows 7 for 32-bit Systems (Moderate)	Not applicable
Windows 7 for x64-based Systems	Internet Explorer 8 (Critical)	Windows 7 for x64-based Systems (Critical)	Windows 7 for x64-based Systems (Critical)	Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0^[1] (Critical)	Windows 7 for x64-based Systems (Important)	Not applicable	Windows 7 for x64-based Systems (Important)	Windows Media Player 12 (Important)	Windows 7 for x64-based Systems^[1] (KB979687) (Important) Windows 7 for x64-based Systems^[1] (KB979688) (Important)	Not applicable	Windows 7 for x64-based Systems (Important)	Windows 7 for x64-based Systems (Moderate)	Not applicable
Windows 7 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0^[1] (Critical)	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable
Windows Server 2008 R2
Bulletin Identifier	MS10-071	MS10-075	MS10-076	MS10-077	MS10-073	MS10-078	MS10-081	MS10-082	MS10-083	MS10-084	MS10-085	MS10-074	MS10-086
Aggregate Severity Rating	Important	None	Critical	Important	Important	None	Important	Moderate	Important	None	Important	Moderate	Moderate
Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems	Internet Explorer 8** (Important)	Not applicable	Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems** (Critical)	Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0^[1] (Important)	Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems* (Important)	Not applicable	Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems** (Important)	Windows Media Player 12** (Moderate)	Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems^[1] (KB979687) (Important) Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems^[^1] (KB979688) (Important)	Not applicable	Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems* (Important)	Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems** (Moderate)	Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems* (Moderate)
Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0**^[1] (Important)	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable
Windows Server 2008 R2 for Itanium-based Systems	Internet Explorer 8 (Important)	Not applicable	Windows Server 2008 R2 for Itanium-based Systems (Critical)	Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0^[1] (Important)	Windows Server 2008 R2 for Itanium-based Systems (Important)	Not applicable	Windows Server 2008 R2 for Itanium-based Systems (Important)	Not applicable	Windows Server 2008 R2 for Itanium-based Systems^[1] (KB979687) (Important) Windows Server 2008 R2 for Itanium-based Systems^[1] (KB979688) (Important)	Not applicable	Windows Server 2008 R2 for Itanium-based Systems (Important)	Windows Server 2008 R2 for Itanium-based Systems (Moderate)	Windows Server 2008 R2 for Itanium-based Systems (Moderate)
Windows Server 2008 R2 for Itanium-based Systems Service Pack 1	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0^[1] (Important)	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable


Microsoft Office Suites and Components
Bulletin Identifier	MS10-079	MS10-080
Aggregate Severity Rating	Important	Important
Microsoft Office XP Service Pack 3	Microsoft Word 2002 Service Pack 3 (KB2328360) (Important)	Microsoft Excel 2002 Service Pack 3 (KB2345017) (Important)
Microsoft Office 2003 Service Pack 3	Microsoft Word 2003 Service Pack 3 (KB2344911) (Important)	Microsoft Excel 2003 Service Pack 3 (KB2344893) (Important)
Microsoft Office 2007 Service Pack 2	Microsoft Word 2007 Service Pack 2^[1] (KB2344993) (Important)	Microsoft Excel 2007 Service Pack 2^[1] (KB2345035) (Important)
Microsoft Office 2010 (32-bit editions)	Microsoft Word 2010 (32-bit editions) (KB2345000) (Important)	Not applicable
Microsoft Office 2010 (64-bit editions)	Microsoft Word 2010 (64-bit editions) (KB2345000) (Important)	Not applicable
Microsoft Office for Mac
Bulletin Identifier	MS10-079	MS10-080
Aggregate Severity Rating	Important	Important
Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac	Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac (KB2422343) (Important)	Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac (KB2422343) (Important)
Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac	Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac (KB2422352) (Important)	Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac (KB2422352) (Important)
Open XML File Format Converter for Mac	Open XML File Format Converter for Mac (KB2422398) (Important)	Open XML File Format Converter for Mac (KB2422398) (Important)
Other Office Software
Bulletin Identifier	MS10-079	MS10-080
Aggregate Severity Rating	Important	Important
Microsoft Word Viewer	Microsoft Word Viewer (KB2345009) (Important)	Not applicable
Microsoft Excel Viewer	Not applicable	Microsoft Excel Viewer Service Pack 2 (KB2345088) (Important)
Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats Service Pack 2	Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats Service Pack 2 (KB2345043) (Important)	Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats Service Pack 2 (KB2344875) (Important)


Microsoft SharePoint Services and Microsoft SharePoint Foundation
Bulletin Identifier	MS10-072	MS10-079
Aggregate Severity Rating	Important	None
Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0	Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Service Pack 2 (32-bit versions) (KB2345304) (Important) Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Service Pack 2 (64-bit versions) (KB2345304) (Important)	Not applicable
Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2010	Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2010 (KB2345322) (Important)	Not applicable
Microsoft SharePoint and Microsoft Groove Server
Bulletin Identifier	MS10-072	MS10-079
Aggregate Severity Rating	Important	None
Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007	Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 Service Pack 2 (32-bit editions)^[1] (KB2345212) (Important) Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 Service Pack 2 (64-bit editions)^[1] (KB2345212) (Important)	Not applicable
Microsoft Groove Server 2010	Microsoft Groove Server 2010 (KB2346298) (Important)	Not applicable
Microsoft Office Web Apps
Bulletin Identifier	MS10-072	MS10-079
Aggregate Severity Rating	Important	Important
Microsoft Office Web Apps	Microsoft Office Web Apps (KB2346411) (Important)	Microsoft Office Web Apps^[2] (KB2346411) (Important) Microsoft Word Web App^[2] (KB2345015) (Important)

Detection and Deployment Tools and Guidance

Security Central

Manage the software and security updates you need to deploy to the servers, desktop, and mobile computers in your organization. For more information see the TechNet Update Management Center. The TechNet Security Center provides additional information about security in Microsoft products. Consumers can visit Security At Home, where this information is also available by clicking "Latest Security Updates".

Security updates are available from Microsoft Update and Windows Update. Security updates are also available at the Microsoft Download Center. You can find them most easily by doing a keyword search for "security update".

Finally, security updates can be downloaded from the Microsoft Update Catalog. The Microsoft Update Catalog provides a searchable catalog of content made available through Windows Update and Microsoft Update, including security updates, drivers and service packs. By searching using the security bulletin number (such as, "MS07-036"), you can add all of the applicable updates to your basket (including different languages for an update), and download to the folder of your choosing. For more information about the Microsoft Update Catalog, see the Microsoft Update Catalog FAQ.

Detection and Deployment Guidance

Microsoft provides detection and deployment guidance for security updates. This guidance contains recommendations and information that can help IT professionals understand how to use various tools for detection and deployment of security updates. For more information, see Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 961747.

Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer

The Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer (MBSA) allows administrators to scan local and remote systems for missing security updates as well as common security misconfigurations. For more information about MBSA, visit Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer.

Windows Server Update Services

By using Windows Server Update Services (WSUS), administrators can quickly and reliably deploy the latest critical updates and security updates for Microsoft Windows 2000 operating systems and later, Office XP and later, Exchange Server 2003, and SQL Server 2000 to Microsoft Windows 2000 and later operating systems.

For more information about how to deploy this security update using Windows Server Update Services, visit Windows Server Update Services.

Systems Management Server

Microsoft Systems Management Server (SMS) delivers a highly-configurable enterprise solution for managing updates. By using SMS, administrators can identify Windows-based systems that require security updates and to perform controlled deployment of these updates throughout the enterprise with minimal disruption to end users. The next release of SMS, System Center Configuration Manager 2007, is now available; see also System Center Configuration Manager 2007. For more information about how administrators can use SMS 2003 to deploy security updates, see SMS 2003 Security Patch Management. SMS 2.0 users can also use the Security Update Inventory Tool (SUIT) to help deploy security updates. For information about SMS, visit Microsoft Systems Management Server.

Note SMS uses the Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer to provide broad support for security bulletin update detection and deployment. Some software updates may not be detected by these tools. Administrators can use the inventory capabilities of SMS in these cases to target updates to specific systems. For more information about this procedure, see Deploying Software Updates Using the SMS Software Distribution Feature. Some security updates require administrative rights following a restart of the system. Administrators can use the Elevated Rights Deployment Tool (available in the SMS 2.0 Administration Feature Pack) to install these updates.

Update Compatibility Evaluator and Application Compatibility Toolkit

Updates often write to the same files and registry settings required for your applications to run. This can trigger incompatibilities and increase the time it takes to deploy security updates. You can streamline testing and validating Windows updates against installed applications with the Update Compatibility Evaluator components included with Application Compatibility Toolkit.

The Application Compatibility Toolkit (ACT) contains the necessary tools and documentation to evaluate and mitigate application compatibility issues before deploying Microsoft Windows Vista, a Windows Update, a Microsoft Security Update, or a new version of Windows Internet Explorer in your environment.

Other Information

Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool

Microsoft has released an updated version of the Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool on Windows Update, Microsoft Update, Windows Server Update Services, and the Download Center.

Non-Security, High-Priority Updates on MU, WU, and WSUS

For information about non-security releases on Windows Update and Microsoft Update, please see:

Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 894199: Description of Software Update Services and Windows Server Update Services changes in content. Includes all Windows content.
Updates from Past Months for Windows Server Update Services. Displays all new, revised, and rereleased updates for Microsoft products other than Microsoft Windows.

Microsoft Active Protections Program (MAPP)

To improve security protections for customers, Microsoft provides vulnerability information to major security software providers in advance of each monthly security update release. Security software providers can then use this vulnerability information to provide updated protections to customers via their security software or devices, such as antivirus, network-based intrusion detection systems, or host-based intrusion prevention systems. To determine whether active protections are available from security software providers, please visit the active protections Web sites provided by program partners, listed in Microsoft Active Protections Program (MAPP) Partners.

Security Strategies and Community

Update Management Strategies

Security Guidance for Update Management provides additional information about Microsoft’s best-practice recommendations for applying security updates.

Obtaining Other Security Updates

Updates for other security issues are available from the following locations:

Security updates are available from Microsoft Download Center. You can find them most easily by doing a keyword search for "security update".
Updates for consumer platforms are available from Microsoft Update.
You can obtain the security updates offered this month on Windows Update, from Download Center on Security and Critical Releases ISO CD Image files. For more information, see Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 913086.

IT Pro Security Community

Learn to improve security and optimize your IT infrastructure, and participate with other IT Pros on security topics in IT Pro Security Community.

Acknowledgments

Microsoft thanks the following for working with us to help protect customers:

Sirdarckcat of Google Inc. for reporting an issue described in MS10-071
Mario Heiderich for reporting an issue described in MS10-071
Takehiro Takahashi of IBM ISS X-Force for reporting an issue described in MS10-071
Peter Vreugdenhil, working with TippingPoint's Zero Day Initiative, for reporting an issue described in MS10-071
Damián Frizza of Core Security Technologies for reporting an issue described in MS10-071
Aldwin Saugere and Radoslav Vasilev of Cigital for reporting an issue described in MS10-071
Rodrigo Rubira Branco of Check Point IPS Research Center for reporting an issue described in MS10-071
Sirdarckcat of Google Inc. for reporting an issue described in MS10-072
Mario Heiderich for reporting an issue described in MS10-072
Sergey Golovanov, Alexander Gostev, Maxim Golovkin, and Alexey Monastyrsky of Kaspersky Lab, and Vitaly Kiktenko and Alexander Saprykin of Design and Test Lab for reporting an issue described in MS10-073
Eric Chien of Symantec for reporting an issue described in MS10-073
Tarjei Mandt of Norman for working with us on an issue described in MS10-073
Carsten H. Eiram of Secunia for working with us on an issue described in MS10-074
Oleksandr Mirosh, working with TippingPoint's Zero Day Initiative, for reporting an issue described in MS10-075
Sebastian Apelt, working with TippingPoint's Zero Day Initiative, for reporting an issue described in MS10-076
Ivan Fratric for reporting, through the iSIGHT Partners Global Vulnerability Partnership, an issue described in MS10-076
Jeroen Frijters of Sumatra for reporting an issue described in MS10-077
Sebastian Apelt of siberas for reporting an issue described in MS10-078
Diego Juarez of Core Security Technologies for reporting an issue described in MS10-078
Chaouki Bekrar of VUPEN Vulnerability Research Team for reporting ten issues described in MS10-079
Nicolas Joly of VUPEN Vulnerability Research Team for reporting an issue described in MS10-079
Alin Rad Pop of Secunia Research for reporting an issue described in MS10-079
Alin Rad Pop of Secunia for reporting two issues described in MS10-080
Chaouki Bekrar of VUPEN Vulnerability Research Team for reporting ten issues described in MS10-080
Omair for reporting an issue described in MS10-080
Carsten H. Eiram of Secunia for reporting two issues described in MS10-080
Krystian Kloskowski (h07), working with Secunia, for reporting an issue described in MS10-081
SkyLined of Google Inc. for reporting an issue described in MS10-082
HD Moore of Rapid7 for reporting an issue described in MS10-083
David Dewey of IBM ISS X-Force and Ryan Smith of Accuvant, formerly of VeriSign iDefense Labs, for working with us on the defense-in-depth changes addressed in MS10-083
The Mu Test Suite Team at Mu Dynamics for reporting an issue described in MS10-085

Support

The affected software listed have been tested to determine which versions are affected. Other versions are past their support life cycle. To determine the support life cycle for your software version, visit Microsoft Support Lifecycle.
Customers in the U.S. and Canada can receive technical support from Security Support or 1-866-PCSAFETY. There is no charge for support calls that are associated with security updates. For more information about available support options, see Microsoft Help and Support.
International customers can receive support from their local Microsoft subsidiaries. There is no charge for support that is associated with security updates. For more information about how to contact Microsoft for support issues, visit International Help and Support.

Disclaimer

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Revisions

V1.0 (October 12, 2010): Bulletin Summary published.
V1.1 (October 13, 2010): For MS10-077, changed the vulnerability severity rating for Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2 to Important. Also, for MS10-082, corrected the download link for Windows Media Player 11 on Windows XP Professional x64 Edition Service Pack 2.
V2.0 (October 18, 2010): For MS10-085, changed the Executive Summary description to clarify that the vulnerability can be exploited on affected systems that are configured to receive SSL network traffic. This is an informational change only. Customers who have already successfully updated their systems, including customers with automatic updating enabled, do not need to take any action. Customers who have not installed this update previously may need to reassess whether their systems require this update.
V3.0 (December 14, 2010): Revised this Bulletin Summary to announce the following: For MS10-077, new update packages for .NET Framework 4.0 to correct an issue in the setup that could interfere with the successful installation of other updates and/or products. Customers who have already successfully updated their systems do not need to take any action. For MS10-083, an additional update for Windows Vista Service Pack 2 (KB979688) and Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 (KB979688) for users who have installed Windows Search 4.0 on Windows Vista Service Pack 1 or Windows Server 2008, then installed the security update offered in KB2405882, and then migrated to Windows Vista Service Pack 2 or Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2. The new update is available from Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 2405882.
V4.0 (February 22, 2011): For MS10-077, a detection change now offers the Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0 update packages to customers who install Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0 after installing Windows 7 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1, Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1, or Windows Server 2008 R2 for Itanium-based Systems Service Pack 1. Customers who have already successfully updated their systems do not need to take any action.
V4.1 (October 26, 2011): For MS10-077, corrected Server Core installation applicability for .NET Framework 4 on Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems.