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MS11-027 – Critical : Cumulative Security Update of ActiveX Kill Bits (2508272) – Version: 1.1

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Severity Rating: Critical
Revision Note: V1.1 (July 27, 2011): Added class identifiers for the Microsoft WMITools ActiveX Control described in this bulletin's vulnerability section for CVE-2010-3973. This is an informational change only. Customers who have already applied the "Prevent COM objects from running in Internet Explorer" workaround for this vulnerability should reapply this workaround with the additional class identifiers.
Summary: This security update resolves two privately reported vulnerabilities and one publicly disclosed vulnerability in Microsoft software. The vulnerabilities could allow remote code execution if a user views a specially crafted Web page that instantiates a specific ActiveX control with 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 update also includes kill bits for three third-party ActiveX controls.

MS11-056 – Important : Vulnerabilities in Windows Client/Server Run-time Subsystem Could Allow Elevation of Privilege (2507938) – Version: 1.1

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Severity Rating: Important
Revision Note: V1.1 (July 21, 2011): Added a link to Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 2507938 under Known Issues in the Executive Summary.
Summary: This security update resolves five privately reported vulnerabilities in the Microsoft Windows Client/Server Run-time Subsystem (CSRSS). The vulnerabilities could allow elevation of privilege if an attacker logs on to a user's system and runs a specially crafted application. An attacker must have valid logon credentials and be able to log on locally to exploit the vulnerabilities.

MS11-054 – Important: Vulnerabilities in Windows Kernel-Mode Drivers Could Allow Elevation of Privilege (2555917)

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Bulletin Severity Rating:Important - This security update resolves 15 privately reported vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows. The most severe of these vulnerabilities could allow elevation of privilege if an attacker logged on locally and ran a specially crafted application. An attacker must have valid logon credentials and be able to log on locally to exploit these vulnerabilities.

MS11-055 – Important: Vulnerability in Microsoft Visio Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2560847)

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Bulletin Severity Rating:Important - This security update resolves a publicly disclosed vulnerability in Microsoft Visio. The vulnerability could allow remote code execution if a user opens a legitimate Visio file that is located in the same network directory as a specially crafted library file. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could gain the same user rights as the logged-on user. 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.

MS11-053 – Critical: Vulnerability in Bluetooth Stack Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2566220)

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Bulletin Severity Rating:Critical - This security update resolves a privately reported vulnerability in the Windows Bluetooth Stack. The vulnerability could allow remote code execution if an attacker sent a series of specially crafted Bluetooth packets to an affected system. An attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights. This vulnerability only affects systems with Bluetooth capability.

MS11-056 – Important: Vulnerabilities in Windows Client/Server Run-time Subsystem Could Allow Elevation of Privilege (2507938)

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Bulletin Severity Rating:Important - This security update resolves five privately reported vulnerabilities in the Microsoft Windows Client/Server Run-time Subsystem (CSRSS). The vulnerabilities could allow elevation of privilege if an attacker logs on to a user's system and runs a specially crafted application. An attacker must have valid logon credentials and be able to log on locally to exploit the vulnerabilities.

MS11-053 – Critical : Vulnerability in Bluetooth Stack Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2566220) – Version: 1.0

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Severity Rating: Critical
Revision Note: V1.0 (July 12, 2011): Bulletin published.
Summary: This security update resolves a privately reported vulnerability in the Windows Bluetooth Stack. The vulnerability could allow remote code execution if an attacker sent a series of specially crafted Bluetooth packets to an affected system. An attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights. This vulnerability only affects systems with Bluetooth capability.

MS08-069 – Critical : Vulnerabilities in Microsoft XML Core Services Could Allow Remote Code Execution (955218) – Version: 4.0

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Severity Rating: Critical
Summary: This security update resolves several vulnerabilities in Microsoft XML Core Services. The most severe vulnerability could allow remote code execution if a user viewed 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.

MS11-052 – Critical : Vulnerability in Vector Markup Language Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2544521) – Version: 1.1

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Severity Rating: Critical
Revision Note: V1.1 (July 12, 2011): Announced a change to detection logic and corrected bulletin replacement information for some affected configurations. There were no changes to the security update files. See the Update FAQ for details.
Summary: This security update resolves a privately reported vulnerability in the Microsoft implementation of Vector Markup Language (VML). This security update is rated Critical for Internet Explorer 6, Internet Explorer 7, and Internet Explorer 8 on Windows clients; and Moderate for Internet Explorer 6, Internet Explorer 7, and Internet Explorer 8 on Windows servers. Internet Explorer 9 is not affected by the vulnerability. The vulnerability could allow remote code execution if a user viewed 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.

MS11-054 – Important : Vulnerabilities in Windows Kernel-Mode Drivers Could Allow Elevation of Privilege (2555917) – Version: 1.0

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Severity Rating: Important
Revision Note: V1.0 (July 12, 2011): Bulletin published.
Summary: This security update resolves 15 privately reported vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows. The most severe of these vulnerabilities could allow elevation of privilege if an attacker logged on locally and ran a specially crafted application. An attacker must have valid logon credentials and be able to log on locally to exploit these vulnerabilities.