Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary for August 2012

Published: Tuesday, August 14, 2012 | Updated: Tuesday, December 11, 2012

Version: 3.0

This bulletin summary lists security bulletins released for August 2012.

With the release of the security bulletins for August 2012, this bulletin summary replaces the bulletin advance notification originally issued August 9, 2012. For more information about the bulletin advance notification service, see Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification.

For information about how to receive automatic notifications whenever Microsoft security bulletins are issued, visit Microsoft Technical Security Notifications.

Microsoft is hosting a webcast to address customer questions on these bulletins on August 15, 2012, at 11:00 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada). Register now for the August Security Bulletin Webcast. After this date, this webcast is available on-demand. For more information, see Microsoft Security Bulletin Summaries and Webcasts.

Microsoft also provides information to help customers prioritize monthly security updates with any non-security 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
MS12-052	Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (2722913) This security update resolves four privately reported vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer. The most severe vulnerabilities could allow remote code execution if a user views a specially crafted webpage using Internet Explorer. An attacker who successfully exploited any of these vulnerabilities could gain the same user rights as the current 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.	Critical Remote Code Execution	Requires restart	Microsoft Windows, Internet Explorer
MS12-053	Vulnerability in Remote Desktop Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2723135) This security update resolves a privately reported vulnerability in the Remote Desktop Protocol. The vulnerability could allow remote code execution if an attacker sends a sequence of specially crafted RDP packets to an affected system. By default, the Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) is not enabled on any Windows operating system. Systems that do not have RDP enabled are not at risk.	Critical Remote Code Execution	Requires restart	Microsoft Windows
MS12-054	Vulnerabilities in Windows Networking Components Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2733594) This security update resolves four privately reported vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows. The most severe of these vulnerabilities could allow remote code execution if an attacker sends a specially crafted response to a Windows print spooler request. Firewall best practices and standard default firewall configurations can help protect networks from attacks that originate outside the enterprise perimeter. Best practices recommend that systems connected directly to the Internet have a minimal number of ports exposed.	Critical Remote Code Execution	Requires restart	Microsoft Windows
MS12-060	Vulnerability in Windows Common Controls Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2720573) This security update resolves a privately reported vulnerability in Windows common controls. The vulnerability could allow remote code execution if a user visits a website containing specially crafted content designed to exploit the vulnerability. In all cases, however, an attacker would have no way to force users to visit such a website. Instead, an attacker would have to convince users to visit the website, typically by getting them to click a link in an email message or Instant Messenger message that takes them to the attacker's website. The malicious file could be sent as an email attachment as well, but the attacker would have to convince the user to open the attachment in order to exploit the vulnerability.	Critical Remote Code Execution	May require restart	Microsoft Office, Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft Server Software, Microsoft Developer Tools
MS12-058	Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Exchange Server WebReady Document Viewing Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2740358) This security update resolves publicly disclosed vulnerabilities in Microsoft Exchange Server WebReady Document Viewing. The vulnerabilities could allow remote code execution in the security context of the transcoding service on the Exchange server if a user previews a specially crafted file using Outlook Web App (OWA). The transcoding service in Exchange that is used for WebReady Document Viewing is running in the LocalService account. The LocalService account has minimum privileges on the local computer and presents anonymous credentials on the network.	Critical Remote Code Execution	Does not require restart	Microsoft Exchange Server
MS12-055	Vulnerability in Windows Kernel-Mode Drivers Could Allow Elevation of Privilege (2731847) This security update resolves one privately reported vulnerability in Microsoft Windows. The vulnerability could allow elevation of privilege if an attacker logs on to the 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.	Important Elevation of Privilege	Requires restart	Microsoft Windows
MS12-056	Vulnerability in JScript and VBScript Engines Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2706045) This security update resolves a privately reported vulnerability in the JScript and VBScript scripting engines on 64-bit versions of Microsoft Windows. The vulnerability could allow remote code execution if a user visited a specially crafted website. An attacker would have no way to force users to visit the website. Instead, an attacker would have to convince users to visit the website, typically by getting them to click a link in an email message or Instant Messenger message that takes users to the attacker's website.	Important Remote Code Execution	May require restart	Microsoft Windows
MS12-057	Vulnerability in Microsoft Office Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2731879) This security update resolves one privately reported vulnerability in Microsoft Office. The vulnerability could allow remote code execution if a user opens a specially crafted file or embeds a specially crafted Computer Graphics Metafile (CGM) graphics file into an Office file. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could gain the same user rights as the current 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
MS12-059	Vulnerability in Microsoft Visio Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2733918) This security update resolves a privately reported vulnerability in Microsoft Office. The vulnerability could allow remote code execution if a user opens a specially crafted Visio file. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could gain the same user rights as the current 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

Exploitability Index

The following table provides an exploitability assessment of each of the vulnerabilities addressed this month. The vulnerabilities are listed in order of bulletin ID 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 code execution and denial of service exploits within 30 days of security bulletin release, for each of the security updates that you may need to install. Review each of the assessments below, in accordance with your specific configuration, to prioritize your deployment of this month's updates. For more information about what these ratings mean, and how they are determined, please see Microsoft Exploitability Index.

In the columns below, "Latest Software Release" refers to the subject software, and "Older Software Releases" refers to all older, supported releases of the subject software, as listed in the "Affected Software" and "Non-Affected Software" tables in the bulletin.

Bulletin ID	Vulnerability Title	CVE ID	Exploitability Assessment for Latest Software Release	Exploitability Assessment for Older Software Release	Denial of Service Exploitability Assessment	Key Notes
MS12-052	Layout Memory Corruption Vulnerability	CVE-2012-1526	Not affected	1 - Exploit code likely	Temporary	(None)
MS12-052	Asynchronous NULL Object Access Remote Code Execution Vulnerability	CVE-2012-2521	1 - Exploit code likely	1 - Exploit code likely	Temporary	(None)
MS12-052	Virtual Function Table Corruption Remote Code Execution Vulnerability	CVE-2012-2522	1 - Exploit code likely	1 - Exploit code likely	Temporary	(None)
MS12-052	JavaScript Integer Overflow Remote Code Execution Vulnerability	CVE-2012-2523	2 - Exploit code would be difficult to build	2 - Exploit code would be difficult to build	Temporary	MS12-056 also addresses this vulnerability.
MS12-053	Remote Desktop Protocol Vulnerability	CVE-2012-2526	Not affected	2 - Exploit code would be difficult to build	Permanent	(None)
MS12-054	Remote Administration Protocol Denial of Service Vulnerability	CVE-2012-1850	3 - Exploit code unlikely	3 - Exploit code unlikely	Permanent	(None)
MS12-054	Print Spooler Service Format String Vulnerability	CVE-2012-1851	3 - Exploit code unlikely	1 - Exploit code likely	Temporary	(None)
MS12-054	Remote Administration Protocol Heap Overflow Vulnerability	CVE-2012-1852	Not affected	1 - Exploit code likely	Temporary	(None)
MS12-054	Remote Administration Protocol Stack Overflow Vulnerability	CVE-2012-1853	Not affected	1 - Exploit code likely	Temporary	(None)
MS12-055	Win32k Use After Free Vulnerability	CVE-2012-2527	1 - Exploit code likely	1 - Exploit code likely	Permanent	(None)
MS12-056	JavaScript Integer Overflow Remote Code Execution Vulnerability	CVE-2012-2523	2 - Exploit code would be difficult to build	2 - Exploit code would be difficult to build	Temporary	MS12-052 also addresses this vulnerability.
MS12-057	CGM File Format Memory Corruption Vulnerability	CVE-2012-2524	3 - Exploit code unlikely	3 - Exploit code unlikely	Not applicable	(None)
MS12-058	Oracle Outside In contains multiple exploitable vulnerabilities	Multiple*	1 - Exploit code likely	1 - Exploit code likely	Not applicable	*Multiple vulnerabilities, see MS12-058 bulletin for details. These vulnerabilities have been publicly disclosed.
MS12-059	Visio DXF File Format Buffer Overflow Vulnerability	CVE-2012-1888	1 - Exploit code likely	Not affected	Not applicable	(None)
MS12-060	MSCOMCTL.OCX RCE Vulnerability	CVE-2012-1856	1 - Exploit code likely	1 - Exploit code likely	Temporary	Microsoft is aware of limited, targeted attacks attempting to exploit this vulnerability.

Affected Software and Download Locations

Windows XP
Bulletin Identifier	MS12-052	MS12-053	MS12-054	MS12-055	MS12-056
Aggregate Severity Rating	Critical	Critical	Critical	Important	Important
Windows XP Service Pack 3	Internet Explorer 6 (KB2722913) (Critical) Internet Explorer 7 (KB2722913) (Critical) Internet Explorer 8 (KB2722913) (Critical)	Windows XP Service Pack 3 (KB2723135) (Critical)	Windows XP Service Pack 3 (KB2705219) (Critical) Windows XP Service Pack 3 (KB2712808) (Critical)	Windows XP Service Pack 3 (KB2731847) (Important)	Not applicable
Windows XP Professional x64 Edition Service Pack 2	Internet Explorer 6 (KB2722913) (Critical) Internet Explorer 7 (KB2722913) (Critical) Internet Explorer 8 (KB2722913) (Critical)	Not applicable	Windows XP Professional x64 Edition Service Pack 2 (KB2705219) (Critical) Windows XP Professional x64 Edition Service Pack 2 (KB2712808) (Critical)	Windows XP Professional x64 Edition Service Pack 2 (KB2731847) (Important)	JScript 5.8 and VBScript 5.8 (KB2706045) (Important)
Windows Server 2003
Bulletin Identifier	MS12-052	MS12-053	MS12-054	MS12-055	MS12-056
Aggregate Severity Rating	Moderate	None	Critical	Important	Low
Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2	Internet Explorer 6 (KB2722913) (Moderate) Internet Explorer 7 (KB2722913) (Moderate) Internet Explorer 8 (KB2722913) (Moderate)	Not applicable	Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 (KB2705219) (Important) Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 (KB2712808) (Critical)	Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 (KB2731847) (Important)	Not applicable
Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition Service Pack 2	Internet Explorer 6 (KB2722913) (Moderate) Internet Explorer 7 (KB2722913) (Moderate) Internet Explorer 8 (KB2722913) (Moderate)	Not applicable	Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition Service Pack 2 (KB2705219) (Important) Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition Service Pack 2 (KB2712808) (Critical)	Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition Service Pack 2 (KB2731847) (Important)	JScript 5.8 and VBScript 5.8 (KB2706045) (Low)
Windows Server 2003 with SP2 for Itanium-based Systems	Internet Explorer 6 (KB2722913) (Moderate) Internet Explorer 7 (KB2722913) (Moderate)	Not applicable	Windows Server 2003 with SP2 for Itanium-based Systems (KB2705219) (Important) Windows Server 2003 with SP2 for Itanium-based Systems (KB2712808) (Critical)	Windows Server 2003 with SP2 for Itanium-based Systems (KB2731847) (Important)	Not applicable
Windows Vista
Bulletin Identifier	MS12-052	MS12-053	MS12-054	MS12-055	MS12-056
Aggregate Severity Rating	Critical	None	Important	Important	Important
Windows Vista Service Pack 2	Internet Explorer 7 (KB2722913) (Critical) Internet Explorer 8 (KB2722913) (Critical) Internet Explorer 9 (KB2722913) (Critical)	Not applicable	Windows Vista Service Pack 2 (KB2705219) (Moderate) Windows Vista Service Pack 2 (KB2712808) (Important)	Windows Vista Service Pack 2 (KB2731847) (Important)	Not applicable
Windows Vista x64 Edition Service Pack 2	Internet Explorer 7 (KB2722913) (Critical) Internet Explorer 8 (KB2722913) (Critical) Internet Explorer 9 (KB2722913) (Critical)	Not applicable	Windows Vista x64 Edition Service Pack 2 (KB2705219) (Moderate) Windows Vista x64 Edition Service Pack 2 (KB2712808) (Important)	Windows Vista x64 Edition Service Pack 2 (KB2731847) (Important)	JScript 5.8 and VBScript 5.8 (KB2706045) (Important)
Windows Server 2008
Bulletin Identifier	MS12-052	MS12-053	MS12-054	MS12-055	MS12-056
Aggregate Severity Rating	Moderate	None	Moderate	Important	Low
Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 2	Internet Explorer 7 (KB2722913) (Moderate) Internet Explorer 8 (KB2722913) (Moderate) Internet Explorer 9 (KB2722913) (Moderate)	Not applicable	Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 2 (KB2705219) (Moderate) Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 2 (KB2712808) (Moderate)	Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 2 (KB2731847) (Important)	Not applicable
Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 2	Internet Explorer 7 (KB2722913) (Moderate) Internet Explorer 8 (KB2722913) (Moderate) Internet Explorer 9 (KB2722913) (Moderate)	Not applicable	Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 2 (KB2705219) (Moderate) Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 2 (KB2712808) (Moderate)	Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 2 (KB2731847) (Important)	JScript 5.8 and VBScript 5.8 (KB2706045) (Low)
Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-based Systems Service Pack 2	Internet Explorer 7 (KB2722913) (Moderate)	Not applicable	Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-based Systems Service Pack 2 (KB2705219) (Moderate) Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-based Systems Service Pack 2 (KB2712808) (Moderate)	Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-based Systems Service Pack 2 (KB2731847) (Important)	Not applicable
Windows 7
Bulletin Identifier	MS12-052	MS12-053	MS12-054	MS12-055	MS12-056
Aggregate Severity Rating	Critical	None	Moderate	Important	Important
Windows 7 for 32-bit Systems	Internet Explorer 8 (KB2722913) (Critical) Internet Explorer 9 (KB2722913) (Critical)	Not applicable	Windows 7 for 32-bit Systems (KB2705219) (Moderate) Windows 7 for 32-bit Systems (KB2712808) (Moderate)	Windows 7 for 32-bit Systems (KB2731847) (Important)	Not applicable
Windows 7 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 1	Internet Explorer 8 (KB2722913) (Critical) Internet Explorer 9 (KB2722913) (Critical)	Not applicable	Windows 7 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 1 (KB2705219) (Moderate) Windows 7 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 1 (KB2712808) (Moderate)	Windows 7 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 1 (KB2731847) (Important)	Not applicable
Windows 7 for x64-based Systems	Internet Explorer 8 (KB2722913) (Critical) Internet Explorer 9 (KB2722913) (Critical)	Not applicable	Windows 7 for x64-based Systems (KB2705219) (Moderate) Windows 7 for x64-based Systems (KB2712808) (Moderate)	Windows 7 for x64-based Systems (KB2731847) (Important)	JScript 5.8 and VBScript 5.8 (KB2706045) (Important)
Windows 7 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1	Internet Explorer 8 (KB2722913) (Critical) Internet Explorer 9 (KB2722913) (Critical)	Not applicable	Windows 7 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1 (KB2705219) (Moderate) Windows 7 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1 (KB2712808) (Moderate)	Windows 7 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1 (KB2731847) (Important)	JScript 5.8 and VBScript 5.8 (KB2706045) (Important)
Windows Server 2008 R2
Bulletin Identifier	MS12-052	MS12-053	MS12-054	MS12-055	MS12-056
Aggregate Severity Rating	Moderate	None	Moderate	Important	Low
Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems	Internet Explorer 8 (KB2722913) (Moderate) Internet Explorer 9 (KB2722913) (Moderate)	Not applicable	Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems (KB2705219) (Moderate) Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems (KB2712808) (Moderate)	Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems (KB2731847) (Important)	JScript 5.8 and VBScript 5.8 (KB2706045) (Low)
Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1	Internet Explorer 8 (KB2722913) (Moderate) Internet Explorer 9 (KB2722913) (Moderate)	Not applicable	Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1 (KB2705219) (Moderate) Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1 (KB2712808) (Moderate)	Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1 (KB2731847) (Important)	JScript 5.8 and VBScript 5.8 (KB2706045) (Low)
Windows Server 2008 R2 for Itanium-based Systems	Internet Explorer 8 (KB2722913) (Moderate)	Not applicable	Windows Server 2008 R2 for Itanium-based Systems (KB2705219) (Moderate) Windows Server 2008 R2 for Itanium-based Systems (KB2712808) (Moderate)	Windows Server 2008 R2 for Itanium-based Systems (KB2731847) (Important)	JScript 5.8 and VBScript 5.8 (KB2706045) (Low)
Windows Server 2008 R2 for Itanium-based Systems Service Pack 1	Internet Explorer 8 (KB2722913) (Moderate)	Not applicable	Windows Server 2008 R2 for Itanium-based Systems Service Pack 1 (KB2705219) (Moderate) Windows Server 2008 R2 for Itanium-based Systems Service Pack 1 (KB2712808) (Moderate)	Windows Server 2008 R2 for Itanium-based Systems Service Pack 1 (KB2731847) (Important)	JScript 5.8 and VBScript 5.8 (KB2706045) (Low)
Server Core installation option
Bulletin Identifier	MS12-052	MS12-053	MS12-054	MS12-055	MS12-056
Aggregate Severity Rating	None	None	Moderate	Important	None
Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 2	Not applicable	Not applicable	Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 2 (KB2705219) (Moderate) Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 2 (KB2712808) (Moderate)	Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 2 (KB2731847) (Important)	Not applicable
Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 2	Not applicable	Not applicable	Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 2 (KB2705219) (Moderate) Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 2 (KB2712808) (Moderate)	Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 2 (KB2731847) (Important)	Not applicable
Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems	Not applicable	Not applicable	Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems (KB2705219) (Moderate) Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems (KB2712808) (Moderate)	Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems (KB2731847) (Important)	Not applicable
Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1	Not applicable	Not applicable	Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1 (KB2705219) (Moderate) Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1 (KB2712808) (Moderate)	Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1 (KB2731847) (Important)	Not applicable

Microsoft Office Suites and Software
Bulletin Identifier	MS12-060	MS12-057	MS12-059
Aggregate Severity Rating	Critical	Important	Important
Microsoft Office 2003 Service Pack 3	Microsoft Office 2003 Service Pack 3 (Windows common controls) (KB2726929) (Critical)	Not applicable	Not applicable
Microsoft Office 2007 Service Pack 2	Microsoft Office 2007 Service Pack 2 (Windows common controls) (KB2687441) (Critical)	Microsoft Office 2007 Service Pack 2 (KB2596615) (Important) Microsoft Office 2007 Service Pack 2 (KB2596754) (Important)	Not applicable
Microsoft Office 2007 Service Pack 3	Microsoft Office 2007 Service Pack 3 (Windows common controls) (KB2687441) (Critical)	Microsoft Office 2007 Service Pack 3 (KB2596615) (Important) Microsoft Office 2007 Service Pack 3 (KB2596754) (Important)	Not applicable
Microsoft Office 2010 Service Pack 1 (32-bit editions)	Microsoft Office 2010 Service Pack 1 (32-bit Editions) (Windows common controls) (KB2597986) (Critical)	Microsoft Office 2010 Service Pack 1 (32-bit editions) (KB2687501) (Important) Microsoft Office 2010 Service Pack 1 (32-bit editions) (KB2687510) (Important)	Microsoft Visio 2010 Service Pack 1 (32-bit editions) (KB2687508) (Important)
Microsoft Office 2010 Service Pack 1 (64-bit editions)	Not applicable	Microsoft Office 2010 Service Pack 1 (64-bit editions) (KB2687501) (Important) Microsoft Office 2010 Service Pack 1 (64-bit editions) (KB2687510) (Important)	Microsoft Visio 2010 Service Pack 1 (64-bit editions) (KB2687508) (Important)
Microsoft Office Web Components
Bulletin Identifier	MS12-060	MS12-057	MS12-059
Aggregate Severity Rating	Critical	None	None
Microsoft Office 2003 Web Components Service Pack 3	Microsoft Office 2003 Web Components Service Pack 3 (Windows common controls) (KB2726929) (Critical)	Not applicable	Not applicable
Other Microsoft Office Software
Bulletin Identifier	MS12-060	MS12-057	MS12-059
Aggregate Severity Rating	None	None	Important
Microsoft Visio Viewer 2010 Service Pack 1 (32-bit Edition)	Not applicable	Not applicable	Microsoft Visio Viewer 2010 Service Pack 1 (32-bit Edition) (KB2598287) (Important)
Microsoft Visio Viewer 2010 Service Pack 1 (64-bit Edition)	Not applicable	Not applicable	Microsoft Visio Viewer 2010 Service Pack 1 (64-bit Edition) (KB2598287) (Important)

Microsoft Visual FoxPro
Bulletin Identifier	MS12-060
Aggregate Severity Rating	Critical
Microsoft Visual FoxPro 8.0 Service Pack 1	Microsoft Visual FoxPro 8.0 Service Pack 1 (KB2708940) (Critical)
Microsoft Visual FoxPro 9.0 Service Pack 2	Microsoft Visual FoxPro 9.0 Service Pack 2 (KB2708941) (Critical)
Visual Basic
Bulletin Identifier	MS12-060
Aggregate Severity Rating	Critical
Visual Basic 6.0 Runtime	Visual Basic 6.0 Runtime (KB2708437) (Critical)

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".

For customers of Microsoft Office for Mac, Microsoft AutoUpdate for Mac can help keep your Microsoft software up to date. For more information about using Microsoft AutoUpdate for Mac, see Check for software updates automatically.

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.

System Center Configuration Manager

System Center Configuration Manager Software Update Management simplifies the complex task of delivering and managing updates to IT systems across the enterprise. With System Center Configuration Manager, IT administrators can deliver updates of Microsoft products to a variety of devices including desktops, laptops, servers, and mobile devices.

The automated vulnerability assessment in System Center Configuration Manager discovers needs for updates and reports on recommended actions. The Software Update Management in System Center Configuration Manager is built on Microsoft Windows Software Update Services (WSUS), a time-tested update infrastructure that is familiar to IT administrators worldwide. For more information about how administrators can use System Center Configuration Manager to deploy updates, see Software Update Management. For more information about System Center Configuration Manager, visit System Center Configuration Manager.

Systems Management Server 2003

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.

Note System Management Server 2003 is out of mainstream support as of January 12, 2010. For more information on product lifecycles, visit Microsoft Support Lifecycle. The next release of SMS, System Center Configuration Manager, is now available; see the earlier section, System Center Configuration Manager.

For more information about how administrators can use SMS 2003 to deploy security updates, see Scenarios and Procedures for Microsoft Systems Management Server 2003: Software Distribution and Patch Management. For information about SMS, visit the Microsoft Systems Management Server TechCenter.

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 2003 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 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 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 websites 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:

GWSlabs, working with VeriSign iDefense Labs, for reporting an issue described in MS12-052
Derek Soeder, working with Beyond Security's SecuriTeam Secure Disclosure program, for reporting an issue described in MS12-052
Sung-ting Tsai and Ming-Chieh Pan of Trend Micro for reporting an issue described in MS12-052
Cris Neckar of Google's Chrome Security Team for reporting an issue described in MS12-052
Edward Torkington of NCC Group for reporting an issue described in MS12-053
Yamata Li of Palo Alto Networks for reporting four issues described in MS12-054
Mateusz "j00ru" Jurczyk of Google Inc for reporting an issue described in MS12-055
Cris Neckar of Google's Chrome Security Team for reporting an issue described in MS12-056
Andrei Costin for reporting an issue described in MS12-057
Will Dorman of the CERT/CC for working with us on 13 issues described in MS12-058
Alexander Gavrun, working with TippingPoint's Zero Day Initiative, for reporting an issue described in MS12-059

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.
Security solutions for IT professionals: TechNet Security Troubleshooting and Support
Help protect your computer that is running Windows from viruses and malware: Virus Solution and Security Center
Local support according to your country: International Support

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Revisions

V1.0 (August 14, 2012): Bulletin Summary published.
V2.0 (October 9, 2012): Bulletin Summary revised to coincide with the rerelease of update packages in MS12-053, MS12-054, MS12-055, and MS12-058. Customers need to apply the rereleased update packages to avoid an issue with digital certificates described in Microsoft Security Advisory 2749655. See the bulletins for more information.
V3.0 (December 11, 2012): For MS12-057, replaced the KB2553260 and KB2589322 updates with the KB2687501 and KB2687510 updates respectively for all affected editions of Microsoft Office 2010. For MS12-059, replaced the KB2597171 update with the KB2687508 update for all affected editions of Microsoft Visio 2010. For MS12-060, replaced the KB2687323 update with the KB2726929 update for Windows common controls on all affected variants of Microsoft Office 2003, Microsoft Office 2003 Web Components, and Microsoft SQL Server 2005.