# MA-454.022015: MyCERT Advisory - Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary for February 2015

**Date:** 16 Feb 2015  
**Source:** https://www.mycert.org.my/portal/advisory?id=MA-454.022015  
**Advisory ID:** MA-454.022015

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**1.0 Introduction**
Microsoft has released updates to address nine vulnerabilities in Windows as part of the Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary for February 2015. Some of these vulnerabilities could allow remote code execution, security feature bypass, elevation of privilege, or disclosure of information. Users and administrators are encouraged to review Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary MS15-FEB and apply the necessary updates.
**2.0 The list of the Important vulnerabilities are as below:2.1    Security Update for Internet Explorer (3034682)**
This security update resolves one publicly disclosed and forty privately reported vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer. The most severe of these vulnerabilities could allow remote code execution if a user views a specially crafted webpage using Internet Explorer. An attacker who successfully exploited these vulnerabilities could gain the same user rights as the current user. Customers whose accounts are configured to have fewer user rights on the system could be less impacted than those who operate with administrative user rights.
- Patch: [MS15-009](http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=525534)
**2.2    Vulnerabilities in Windows Kernel-Mode Driver Could Allow Remote Code Execution (3036220)**
This security update resolves one publicly disclosed and five privately reported vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows. The most severe of the vulnerabilities could allow remote code execution if an attacker convinces a user to open a specially crafted document or visit an untrusted website that contains embedded TrueType fonts.
- Patch: [MS15-010](http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=525535)
**2.3    Vulnerability in Group Policy Could Allow Remote Code Execution (3000483)**
This security update resolves a privately reported vulnerability in Microsoft Windows. The vulnerability could allow remote code execution if an attacker convinces a user with a domain-configured system to connect to an attacker-controlled network. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could take complete control of an affected system. An attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights.
- Patch: [MS15-011](http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=525536)
**2.4    Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Could Allow Remote Code Execution (3032328)**
This security update resolves three privately reported vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office. The vulnerabilities could allow remote code execution if a user opens a specially crafted Microsoft Office file. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerabilities could gain the same user rights as the current user. Customers whose accounts are configured to have fewer user rights on the system could be less impacted than those who operate with administrative user rights.
- Patch: [MS15-012](http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=525537)
**2.5    Vulnerability in Microsoft Office Could Allow Security Feature Bypass (3033857)**
This security update resolves one publicly disclosed vulnerability in Microsoft Office. The vulnerability could allow security feature bypass if a user opens a specially crafted Microsoft Office file. The security feature bypass by itself does not allow arbitrary code execution. However, an attacker could use this security feature bypass vulnerability in conjunction with another vulnerability, such as a remote code execution vulnerability, to run arbitrary code.
- Patch: [MS15-013](http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=525533)
**2.6    Vulnerability in Group Policy Could Allow Security Feature Bypass (3004361)**
This security update resolves a privately reported vulnerability in Windows Error Reporting (WER). The vulnerability could allow security feature bypass if successfully exploited by an attacker. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could gain access to the memory of a running process. Users whose accounts are configured to have fewer user rights on the system could be less impacted than users who operate with administrative user rights.
- Patch: [MS15-014](http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=522532)
**2.7    Vulnerability in Microsoft Windows Could Allow Elevation of Privilege (3031432)**
This security update resolves a privately reported vulnerability in Microsoft Windows. The vulnerability could allow an attacker to leverage the lack of impersonation-level security checks to elevate privileges during process creation. An authenticated attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could acquire administrator credentials and use them to elevate privileges. An attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full administrative rights.
- Patch: [MS15-015](http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=525538)
**2.8    Vulnerability in Microsoft Graphics Component Could Allow Information Disclosure (3029944)**
This security update resolves a privately reported vulnerability in Microsoft Windows. The vulnerability could allow information disclosure if a user browses to a website containing a specially crafted TIFF image. This vulnerability would not allow an attacker to execute code or to elevate their user rights directly, but it could be used to obtain information that could be used to try to further compromise the affected system.
- Patch: [MS15-016](http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=525539)
**2.9   Vulnerability in Virtual Machine Manager Could Allow Elevation of Privilege (3035898)**
This security update resolves a privately reported vulnerability in Virtual Machine Manager (VMM). The vulnerability could allow elevation of privilege if an attacker logs on an affected system. An attacker must have valid Active Directory logon credentials and be able to log on with those credentials to exploit the vulnerability.
- Patch: [MS15-017](http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=525540)
**3.0    Recommendation**
Users and administrators are recommended to perform the update immediately. All of the patches could be done almost automatically via the Windows Update application.
The how-to perform of the Windows Update is available at the following URL:
- <http://www.mycert.org.my/en/resources/os/main/main/detail/707/index.html>
Generally, MyCERT advises the users of this software to be updated with the latest security announcements by the vendor and follow best practice security policies to determine which updates should be applied.
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**5.0     References**
- Microsoft Releases Microsoft Releases February 2015 Security Bulletin;  <https://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/current-activity/2015/02/10/Microsoft-Releases-February-2015-Security-Bulletin>
- Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary for February 2015;  <https://technet.microsoft.com/library/security/ms15-feb>
- Microsoft Security Bulletin: February 2015 Release!;   [http://blogs.technet.com/b/jeffa36/archive/2015/02/13/microsoft-security-bulletin-february-2015-release.aspx]( http://blogs.technet.com/b/jeffa36/archive/2015/02/13/microsoft-security-bulletin-february-2015-release.aspx)