Microsoft October 2014 Patch Tuesday
Microsoft only published 8 instead of the promised 9 bulletins. Also, of particular interest is MS14-060 which was pre-announced by iSight Partners. iSight has seen this vulnerability exploited in some "APT" style attacks against NATO/US military interests and attributes these attacks to Russia. Attacks like this have happened with many Office vulnerabilities in the past, but it is unusual for a company to announce the respective attacks and CVE numbers ahead of Microsoft's bulletin release. Note that we got a total of 3 already exploited vulnerabilities in this month's release. Don't believe patching fast will protect you. You are probably a few weeks if not months behind at the time the patch is released.
Overview of the October 2014 Microsoft patches and their status.
| # | Affected | Contra Indications - KB | Known Exploits | Microsoft rating(**) | ISC rating(*) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| clients | servers | |||||
| MS14-056 | Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (replaces MS14-052) | |||||
| Microsoft Windows, Internet Explorer CVE-2014-4123, CVE-2014-4124, CVE-2014-4126, CVE-2014-4127, CVE-2014-4128, CVE-2014-4129, CVE-2014-4130, CVE-2014-4132, CVE-2014-4133, CVE-2014-4134, CVE-2014-4137, CVE-2014-4138, CVE-2014-4141, CVE-2014-4123, CVE-2014-4124, CVE-2014-4126, CVE-2014-4127, CVE-2014-4128, CVE-2014-4129, CVE-2014-4130, CVE-2014-4132, CVE-2014-4133, CVE-2014-4134, CVE-2014-4137, CVE-2014-4138, CVE-2014-4140, CVE-2014-4141 |
KB 2987107 |
CVE-2014-4123 has been exploited. |
Severity:Critical Exploitability: 1 |
Critical | Important | |
| MS14-057 | Vulnerabilities in .NET Framework Could Allow Remote Code Execution (replaces MS12-016) | |||||
| Microsoft Windows, Microsoft .NET Framework CVE-2014-4073 CVE-2014-4121 CVE-2014-4122 |
KB 3000414 | No. | Severity:Critical Exploitability: 2 |
Critical | Critical | |
| MS14-058 | Vulnerability in Kernel-Mode Driver Could Allow Remote Code Execution (replaces MS14-015) | |||||
| Microsoft Windows CVE-2014-4113 CVE-2014-4148 |
KB 3000061 | Yes. Used in Limited Attacks | Severity:Critical Exploitability: 0 |
Critical | Critical | |
| MS14-059 | Vulnerability in ASP.NET MVC Could Allow Security Feature Bypass | |||||
| Microsoft Developer Tools CVE-2014-4075 |
KB 2990942 |
Publicly disclosed,not |
Severity:Important Exploitability: 3 |
Less Important | Important | |
| MS14-060 | Vulnerability in Windows OLE Could Allow Remote Code Execution (replaces MS12-005) | |||||
| Microsoft Windows CVE-2014-4114 |
KB 3000869 | yes. against powerpoint. See iSight disclosure. | Severity:Important Exploitability: 0 |
Critical | Important | |
| MS14-061 | Vulnerability in Microsoft Word and Office Web Apps Could Allow Remote Code Execution (MS14-034, MS14-017) | |||||
| Microsoft Office, Microsoft Office Services, Microsoft Office Web Apps CVE-2014-4117 |
KB 3000434 | No. | Severity:Important Exploitability: 1 |
Critical | Important | |
| MS14-062 | Vulnerability in Message Queuing Service Could Allow Elevation of Privilege (MS09-040) | |||||
| Microsoft Windows CVE-2014-4971 |
KB 2993254 | publicly disclosed but not exploited. | Severity:Important Exploitability: 1 |
Important | Important | |
| MS14-063 | Vulnerability in FAT32 Disk Partition Driver Could Allow Elevation of Privilege | |||||
| Microsoft Windows CVE-2014-4115 |
KB 2998579 | No. | Severity:Important Exploitability: 1 |
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
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 enviro\ nments 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 t\ est 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 lei\ sure 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.
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Anonymous
Oct 14th 2014
1 decade ago
Anonymous
Oct 14th 2014
1 decade ago
Vulnerability in SSL 3.0 Could Allow Information Disclosure
https://technet.microsoft.com/library/security/3009008
Update for Microsoft EAP Implementation that Enables the Use of TLS
https://technet.microsoft.com/library/security/2977292
Availability of SHA-2 Hashing Algorithm for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2
https://technet.microsoft.com/library/security/2949927
And a question: that last one (2949927) was removed, with a
recommendation to un-install. Does this qualify as a "pulled patch"?
What was the problem?
Anonymous
Oct 18th 2014
1 decade ago