Microsoft Patch Tuesday - December 2014

Published: 2014-12-09. Last Updated: 2014-12-09 19:25:36 UTC
by Alex Stanford (Version: 1)
18 comment(s)

Overview of the December 2014 Microsoft patches and their status.

# Affected Contra Indications - KB Known Exploits Microsoft rating(**) ISC rating(*)
clients servers
MS14-075 Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Exchange Server Could Allow Elevation of Privilege
(Replaces MS13-105)
Microsoft Exchange

CVE-2014-6319
CVE-2014-6325
CVE-2014-6326
CVE-2014-6336		 KB 3009712 . Severity:Important
Exploitability:		 N/A Important
MS14-080 Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer
(Replaces MS14-065)
Microsoft Windows, Internet Explorer
CVE-2014-6327, CVE-2014-6328, CVE-2014-6329, CVE-2014-6330, CVE-2014-6363, CVE-2014-6365, CVE-2014-6366, CVE-2014-6368, CVE-2014-6369, CVE-2014-6373, CVE-2014-6374, CVE-2014-6375, CVE-2014-6376, CVE-2014-8966		 KB 3008923 . Severity:Critical
Exploitability:		 Critical Critical
MS14-081 Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Word and Microsoft Office Web Apps Could Allow Remote Code Execution
(Replaces MS14-017 MS14-061 MS14-069)
Microsoft Office

CVE-2014-6356
CVE-2014-6357		 KB 3017301 . Severity:Critical
Exploitability:		 Critical Important
MS14-082 Vulnerability in Microsoft Office Could Allow Remote Code Execution
(Replaces MS09-060)
Microsoft Office

CVE-2014-6364		 KB 3017349 . Severity:Important
Exploitability:		 Critical Important
MS14-083 Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Excel Could Allow Remote Code Execution
(Replaces MS13-085)
Microsoft Office

CVE-2014-6360
CVE-2014-6361		 KB 3017347 . Severity:Important
Exploitability:		 Critical Important
MS14-084 Vulnerability in VBScript Scripting Engine Could Allow Remote Code Execution
(Replaces MS14-011)
Microsoft Windows

CVE-2014-6363		 KB 3016711 . Severity:Critical
Exploitability:		 Critical Critical
MS14-085 Vulnerability in Microsoft Graphics Component Could Allow Information Disclosure
Microsoft Windows

CVE-2014-6355		 KB 3013126 vuln. public. Severity:Important
Exploitability:		 Important Important
We will update issues on this page for about a week or so as they evolve.
We appreciate updates
US based customers can call Microsoft for free patch related support on 1-866-PCSAFETY
(*): ISC rating
  • We use 4 levels:
    • PATCH NOW: Typically used where we see immediate danger of exploitation. Typical environments will want to deploy these patches ASAP. Workarounds are typically not accepted by users or are not possible. This rating is often used when typical deployments make it vulnerable and exploits are being used or easy to obtain or make.
    • Critical: Anything that needs little to become "interesting" for the dark side. Best approach is to test and deploy ASAP. Workarounds can give more time to test.
    • Important: Things where more testing and other measures can help.
    • Less Urt practices for servers such as not using outlook, MSIE, word etc. to do traditional office or leisure work.
    • The rating is not a risk analysis as such. It is a rating of importance of the vulnerability and the perceived or even predicted threatatches.

       

-- 
Alex Stanford - GIAC GWEB & GSEC
Research Operations Manager,
SANS Internet Storm Center

Keywords: mspatchday
18 comment(s)

Comments

Microsoft have outdone themselves this month. Every single "contra-indications" KB is missing at this time (19:30 GMT)

Anonymous

Dec 9th 2014
9 years ago

The color-coded text is confusing. The "key" says that "white on red" is "PATCH NOW" while "black on red" is "Critical" - yet the table is formatted with "white on red" text that says "Critical". If you're going to use four different styles for the four levels, you should probably follow your style decision (Critical texts needs a "color: black" or "color: #000" rather than currently specified "#fff" value.)

Also, the key text for the fourth level starts with "Less Urt practices", which probably needs some editing.

Obviously, there's no need to publicly post this comment.

Anonymous

Dec 9th 2014
9 years ago

Agree, the missing KB's are getting annoying.

Anonymous

Dec 9th 2014
9 years ago

KB articles are now in place (22:50 GMT)

Anonymous

Dec 9th 2014
9 years ago

We've applied the patches to our test environment PC (Windows 7) and afterwards MS Office failed to open users previous documents. When applied to a second system the same results happened. Highly recommend that everyone test heavily before applying to your production environment.

Anonymous

Dec 9th 2014
9 years ago

...and it looks like the Silverlight patch broke NetFlix. Good job MS.

Anonymous

Dec 10th 2014
9 years ago

Where are 76-79?

Anonymous

Dec 10th 2014
9 years ago

Remember the exchange update was delayed from last month ergo the skip in numbers.

Anonymous

Dec 10th 2014
9 years ago

Also be aware of issues with KB3004394
http://www.infoworld.com/article/2858014/operating-systems/botched-kb-3004394-triggers-uacs-diagnostic-tool-error-0x8000706f7-amd-catalyst-driver-fail-defende.html

Anonymous

Dec 10th 2014
9 years ago

Please note that update MS14-075 for Exchange 2010 SP3 has been removed by Microsoft to "address a know issue"

Anonymous

Dec 11th 2014
9 years ago

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