Both Microsoft and Adobe came yesterday with new security updates. Microsoft updates affect the company's Windows, Office and Exchange products, as Adobe only applies to Adobe Reader and Acrobat.
The most critical security updates that are now offered to Windows users, remove the vulnerabilities found in, respectively, Windows Authenticode Verification, SMB client and the Windows kernel. These vulnerabilities could potentially be exploited by attackers to gain complete control over the system. The security updates apply to all Windows versions from Windows 2000.
Microsoft has also made several security updates that are related to Windows Media Player and related components. Among other things, a vulnerability in Microsoft MPEG Layer-3 Codec's that allow execution of arbitrary code. Most of the vulnerabilities are found in some older Windows versions, but not Windows Vista is completely free. It does, however, Windows 7
In all, we are talking about 11 different security updates, which together remove the 25 vulnerabilities. More information about the updates on this page. The updates can be downloaded with Windows Update.
Adobe removes his hand 15 different vulnerabilities from the company's Acrobat and Reader products. A large part of the vulnerabilities allows execution of arbitrary code. Adobe has released more information about updates on this page.
Vulnerabilities affecting Adobe Reader and Acrobat to version 9.3.1 and lower. It is released updates for all operating systems that the software supports.
Along with updates enable Adobe also has a new update feature that enables users of these products to select software updates to happen automatically and without user interaction.
