February 2010 Security Bulletin Release

Microsoft released thirteen security bulletins addressing twenty-six vulnerabilities. Windows is affected by eleven of the bulletins and older versions of Office by the remaining two bulletins.

Of the bulletins, the following are rated as Critical: MS10-006, MS10-007, MS10-008, MS10-013, and MS10-015.

Additional information is available in the MSRC blog.

• MS10-003: Vulnerability in Microsoft Office (MSO) Could Allow Remote Code Execution (978214), Important
• MS10-004: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office PowerPoint Could Allow Remote Code Execution (975416),
  
• Important
• MS10-005: Vulnerability in Microsoft Paint Could Allow Remote Code Execution (978706), Moderate
• MS10-006: Vulnerabilities in SMB Client Could Allow Remote Code Execution (978251), Critical
• MS10-007: Vulnerability in Windows Shell Handler Could Allow Remote Code Execution (975713),
  
• Critical
• MS10-008: Cumulative Security Update of ActiveX Kill Bits (978262), Critical
• MS10-009: Vulnerabilities in Windows TCP/IP Could Allow Remote Code Execution (974145), Critical
• MS10-010: Vulnerability in Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V Could Allow Denial of Service (977894),
  
• Important
• MS10-011: Vulnerability in Windows Client/Server Run-time Subsystem Could Allow Elevation of Privilege (978037), Important
• MS10-012: Vulnerabilities in SMB Server Could Allow Remote Code Execution (971468), Important
• MS10-013: Vulnerability in Microsoft DirectShow Could Allow Remote Code Execution (977935), Critical
• MS10-014: Vulnerability in Kerberos Could Allow Denial of Service (977290), Important
• MS10-015: Vulnerabilities in Windows Kernel Could Allow Elevation of Privilege (977165), Important

References:

• ISC: February 2010 Black Tuesday Overview
• MSRC: February 2010 Security Bulletin Release
• TechNet: Microsoft Security bulletin summary for February 2010
  

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