Microsoft Patch Tuesday: December 2008 Security Bulletin
Last updated on: October 27, 2022
Qualys® Vulnerability R&D Lab has released new vulnerability checks in QualysGuard® to protect organizations against 9 new vulnerabilities present in Microsoft Windows. Customers can immediately audit their networks for these and other new vulnerabilities by accessing their QualysGuard subscription.
Microsoft released on December 9, 8 security patches to fix newly discovered flaws in Microsoft Windows. Microsoft has also released 1 advisory that currenlty does not have a patch. The Qualys Vulnerability R&D Lab has released the following checks for these new vulnerabilities, including:
- Microsoft Wordpad Text Converter Vulnerability
- Microsoft Visual Basic Runtime Extended Files Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
- Microsoft Windows GDI+ Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
- Microsoft Word Multiple Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities
- Microsoft Internet Explorer Cumulative Security Update
- Microsoft Excel Multiple Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities
- Microsoft Windows Search Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
- Microsoft Windows Media Components Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
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