Microsoft distributed 25 remedy patches for its products

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» 15 April 2010

Microsoft distributed 25 remedy patches for its products

An update per month is a custom for the Microsoft Corporation in order to fix and improve their products. And, this April, Microsoft was able to accomplish its usual security patch. Included in this update are about 11 bulletins that are created in order to remedy all the 25 discovered threats in the security of its three products: the Windows operating system, Microsoft Office, and Exchange.

Threats are classified into different levels

The 11 bulletins are designated to fix various security dangers found in the products of Microsoft Corporation. The purpose of about five of the total bulletins that were released is actually to remedy the threats that were considered “critical” by this company. These security vulnerabilities are at risk for exploitation by many online crooks. These vicious people can inject malicious codes and activate them within the affected systems without giving any warning to the users.

The bulletins issued for the “critical” threats were aimed at the defects found in the Microsoft merchandises such as the Windows 2000, Windows XP, Vista, and Windows 7. The patches were also intended to fix the faults detected in both the server operating systems: Server 2003 and Server 2008 R2.

Less serious problems must also be considered

There were flaws, which are marked as “important”, in addition to the previous faults that were considered “critical”. These vulnerabilities are dealt with using the other five bulletins from Microsoft Corporation.

The “important”-graded vulnerabilities were found on the company’s products such as the Windows operating systems and both the Microsoft Office version 2003 and 2007. Included in the affected technological merchandises was the Exchange Server.

Unfixed threats may lead to a bigger crisis

Various dangers may arise if these vulnerabilities were not remedied by the company. Activation of an injected malicious code might be possible with these faults. There can also be an increase in the denial-of-service and privilege system attacks if these were left unrepaired.

The remaining bulletins target the “moderate” faults and these are also designed to deal with the ISATAP component of the different Microsoft packs like the Windows XP and Vista. Server 2003 and Server 2008 preceding R2, are also posses this threat. However, Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2 are not susceptible to this.

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