Microsoft has released multiple security bulletins for critical vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows, Windows Server, Internet Explorer, and Microsoft Office. These bulletins are described in the Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary for February 2010.
These vulnerabilities may allow an attacker to gain control of your computer or cause it to crash.
Microsoft Security Bulletin MS10-002
Critical Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (978207)
This security update resolves seven privately reported vulnerabilities and one publicly disclosed vulnerability in Internet Explorer. The more 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.
This security update is rated Critical for all supported releases of Internet Explorer: Internet Explorer 5.01, Internet Explorer 6, Internet Explorer 6 Service Pack 1, Internet Explorer 7, and Internet Explorer 8 (except Internet Explorer 6 for supported editions of Windows Server 2003). For Internet Explorer 6 for supported editions of Windows Server 2003 as listed, this update is rated Moderate.
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