Windows 7: Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary for August 2010

Published: August 02, 2010

Version: 1.0

This bulletin summary lists security bulletins released for August 2010.

With the release of the out-of-band security bulletin on August 2, 2010, this bulletin summary replaces the out-of-band bulletin advance notification originally issued July 30, 2010.

For more information about the bulletin advance notification service, see Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification.

For information about how to receive automatic notifications whenever Microsoft security bulletins are issued, visit Microsoft Technical Security Notifications.

The Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC)
MS10-046 Released Out-of-Band Today

Posted 12 hours ago
by MSRCTEAM

Hello,

As we announced on Friday, today we released Security Bulletin MS10-046 out-of-band to address a vulnerability in Windows. This security update addresses a vulnerability in the handling of shortcuts that affects all currently supported versions of Windows XP, Vista, Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2. As our colleagues over in the MMPC have noted, several families of malware have been attempting to attack this vulnerability. The security update protects against attempts to exploit this issue.

For customers using automatic updates, this update will automatically be applied once it is released. Customers not using automatic updates should download, test and deploy this update as quickly as possible.

As we do with every bulletin release, we will be hosting a webcast to address your questions today at 1PM Pacific Time. Register now.

Thanks,

Christopher Budd

Response manager, Trustworthy Computing, Microsoft