Microsoft Security Response Center has announced that it will be pushing out three Security Bulleting covering 11 software vulnerabilities for patch Tuesday (November 9, 2010). Microsoft is also hosting a webcast on November 10th to address any questions you may have regarding these patches.
There is only one patch labeled “Critical” for this patch and the other two are labeled “Important”. The critical patch, allows Remote Code Execution or in other words a hacker could use it to seize control of an unpatched machine. The other two patches while not critical also offer a potential hacker the ability to either seize control of the user’s machine or enable access they shouldn’t otherwise have. There are no Operating System patches this round, however all three patches will require the patched machine to be restarted.
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