Microsoft Fixes Security Flaws - Sets New Patch Record

Microsoft scaled back its October patch event by one on Tuesday, electing to release ten patches. Five patches are intended for Windows, the highest rating of those being critical; four for Office, with the highest rating also being critical; and one moderate patch for the .NET framework.

As is typical with information surrounding Patch Tuesday releases, Microsoft did not specify the nature of the dropped patch.

Altogether across the ten patches, a staggering 28 security issues have been fixed, with a large portion of them yet again coming from the Redmond company’s Office productivity suite.

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"This is very rich lot," said Minoo Hamilton, a senior security researcher with patch management vendor nCircle. "There’s everything in here from Windows Explorer and Internet Explorer to Word and Excel and PowerPoint."

Every one of the half-dozen bulletins marked critical should be paid attention, said Hamilton. "They’re all remotely exploitable, and in some cases across the [OS] board."

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