Microsoft Releases Advance Notification for December 2011 Patch Tuesday


Microsoft released their advance notification for December 2011 patch Tuesday. Microsoft will release 14 bulletins on December 13, 2011 addressing 20 vulnerabilities.

Severity Rating
  • 3 bulletin is rated Critical
  • 11 bulletins are rated Important
Vulnerability Impact
  • 10 vulnerabilities can lead to Remote Code Execution
  • 3 vulnerabilities can lead to Elevation of Privilege
  • 1 vulnerabilities can lead to Information Disclosure
Affected Products:
  • All Supported Operating Systems.
  • Internet Explorer 6, 7, 8, 9
  • Office 2003, 2007, 2010
  • Microsoft PowerPoint Viewer 2007
  • Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats
Once the bulletins are released, the Patch Assessment team at Desktop Central will test all the patches pertaining to thes e bulletins and update their central patch database at the earliest.