Microsoft Security Bulletin: October 2008
It’s that time again and this month we have 11 updates this month so make sure you check out the technical details below and apply these updates as needed in your environments.
| Bulletin Number | Maximum Severity | Affected Products | Impact |
| MS08-056 | Moderate |
Microsoft Office XP. For more information click the link to the left. | Information Disclosure |
| MS08-057 | Critical |
Microsoft Excel 2000, Excel 2002, Excel 2003 and Excel Viewer 2003, Excel 2007 and Excel Viewer, Office Compatibility Pack for 2007 File Formats, Office SharePoint Server 2007, Office 2004 and 2008 for Mac, Open XML File Format Converter for Mac. For more information, click the link to the left. | Remote Code Execution |
| MS08-058 | Critical |
Internet Explorer on Microsoft Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008 For more information, click the link to the left. | Remote Code Execution |
| MS08-059 | Critical |
Microsoft Host Integration Server 2000, Host Integration Server 2004 and Host Integration Server 2006. For more information, click the link to the left. | Remote Code Execution |
| MS08-060 | Critical |
Microsoft Windows 2000 Server | Remote Code Execution |
| MS08-061 | Important | Microsoft Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008. | Elevation of Privilege |
| MS08-062 | Important | Microsoft Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008. | Remote Code Execution |
| MS08-063 | Important | Microsoft Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008 | Remote Code Execution |
| MS08-064 | Important | Microsoft Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008 | Elevation of Privilege |
| MS08-065 | Important | Microsoft Windows 2000 | Remote Code Execution |
| MS08-066 | Important | Microsoft Windows XP, Windows Server 2003 | Elevation of Privilege |
if you just need the summaries of these bulletins you can find them here. We have also updated the Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool. Details of this can be found here.
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