Microsoft Security Bulletin Release for August, 2018

The August security release consists of 60 CVEs, of which 19 are listed as Critical and 39 are rated Important, 1 is rated as Moderate and 1 is rated as Low in severity.  In particular, note that CVE-2018-8373, Internet Explorer Memory Corruption Vulnerability and CVE-2018-8414, Windows Shell Remote Code Execution Vulnerability are listed as publicly known and exploited.

The release consists of security updates for the following: Internet Explorer, Microsoft Edge, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Office and Microsoft Office Services and Web Apps, ChakraCore, Adobe Flash Player, .NET Framework, Microsoft Exchange Server, Microsoft SQL Server and Visual Studio.

The updates address Remote Code Execution, Elevation of Privilege, Security Feature Bypass, Information Disclosure, Defense in Depth, Tampering and Spoofing.

Recommended Reading: 

See Dustin Childs excellent review and recommendations in Zero Day Initiative — The August 2018 Security Update Review.  

More:  For more information about the updates released today, see https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-us/security-guidance/summary.  Updates can be sorted by OS from the search box. Information about the update for Windows 10 is available at Windows 10 Update history.

Additional Update Notes

• Adobe Flash Player -- For Windows Server 2012, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows RT 8.1 and Windows 10, Adobe Flash Player is now a security bulletin rather than a security advisory and is included with the updates as identified above.
• MSRT -- Microsoft 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.  Note:  Users who are paranoid about the remote possibility of a FP can opt to run this tool from a Command Prompt, appending a   /N   parameter [for "detect only" mode].

References

• Release Notes
• Security Update FAQ
• Security Updates Guide

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