Tag Archives: Windows

0day patch for CVE-2018-8174 available

Posted on 2018-05-15 by guenni

[German]0patch has released a 0day patch to fix a critical vulnerability (CVE-2018-8174) in Windows VBScript Engine. This will be helpful for users who are not able to install May 2018 security updates due to issues.

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Update ‘Surface – HIDClass 4/26/2018 12:00:00 AM – 3.3.206.0’

Posted on 2018-05-15 by guenni

[German]Are you suddenly seeing a ‘Surface – HIDClass 4/26/2018 12:00:00 AM – 3.3.206.0’ driver update on your Windows machines? But you don’t have a Surface devices? Here are some details about that update.

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Microsoft Security Update Summary for May 8, 2018

Posted on 2018-05-09 by guenni

[German]Microsoft has released a series of security updates for various Microsoft products (Windows, Adobe Flash, Microsoft Office and .NET Framework) on May 8, 2018 (patchday). Here is a short overview.

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Microsoft Security Advisory Notification CVE 2017-5715

Posted on 2018-04-25 by guenni

Microsoft has issued a Security Advisory Notification for CVE 2017-5715 (Spectre) on April  24, 2018. It is about a revision of the documentation. Here is the text of the notification.

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Windows 7/Server 2008 R2 Update revisions April 23, 2018

Posted on 2018-04-25 by guenni

[German]Besides a cumulative update for Windows 10 V1709 (see Windows 10 Version 1709: Update KB4093105 available) Microsoft has released update revisions for Windows 7 Update KB4093118 and KB4093113 on April 23, 2018.

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Windows 7/Server 2008 R2: Total Meltdown exploit went public

Posted on 2018-04-24 by guenni

[German]Microsoft’s Meltdown security patches released since January 2018 has created a new vulnerability called Total Meltdown in Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2. Now somebody has released exploit code on GitHub to exploit this vulnerability. Here is an attempt … Continue reading →

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Microsoft April 2018 patchday issues

Posted on 2018-04-20 by guenni

[German]In April 2018 Microsoft released a couple of updates for Windows, Office and other products. In addition to the known issues already reported by Microsoft (Known Issues), some updates lead to further problems. This article outlines some problems that have … Continue reading →

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Temporary profile in Windows caused by Windows Defender?

Posted on 2018-04-18 by guenni

[German]Does Windows Defender in Windows(and Microsoft Security Essentials, MSE) cause user profiles to break and the user to log on with a temporary profile? Here is a short snippet of information on the subject. 

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Patchday: Other Microsoft Updates (April 10, 2018)

Posted on 2018-04-13 by guenni

[German]Microsoft has released a couple of updates for Internet Explorer, Windows Server, etc. for April Patchday (April 10, 2018). Below I added some details to selected patches, which are not included in the other articles linked at the end of … Continue reading →

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Microsoft Patchday Summary April 10, 2018

Posted on 2018-04-10 by guenni

[German]Microsoft released a series of security updates for Windows and other products on April 10, 2018. Below is a brief overview.

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