The December security updates have been released and consist of 39 security patches and one advisory in which 9 are listed as Critical and 30 are rated Important in severity. One of these bugs is listed as publicly known at the time of release and one of these is reported as being actively exploited.
The updates address Remote Code Execution, Information Disclosure, Elevation of Privilege, Denial of Service and Spoofing and apply to the following: Adobe Flash Player, Internet Explorer, Microsoft Edge, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Office and Microsoft Office Services and Web Apps, ChakraCore, .NET Framework, Microsoft Dynamics NAV, Microsoft Exchange Server, Microsoft Visual Studio and Windows Azure Pack (WAP).
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Note: See Dustin Childs review and analysis in Zero Day Initiative — The December 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].
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