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Microsoft published the Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification for February 2012



This is an advance notification of security bulletins that Microsoft is intending to release on February 14, 2012.

This bulletin advance notification will be replaced with the February bulletin summary on February 14, 2012. For more information about the bulletin advance notification service, see Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification.

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Microsoft will host a webcast to address customer questions on the security bulletins on February 15, 2012, at 11:00 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada). Register now for the February Security Bulletin Webcast. After this date, this webcast is available on-demand. For more information, see Microsoft Security Bulletin Summaries and Webcasts.

Microsoft also provides information to help customers prioritize monthly security updates with any non-security, high-priority updates that are being released on the same day as the monthly security updates. Please see the section, Other Information.


Bulletin ID Maximum Severity Rating and Vulnerability Impact Restart Requirement Affected Software
Bulletin 1 Critical
Remote Code Execution Requires restart Microsoft Windows

Bulletin 2 Critical
Remote Code Execution Requires restart Microsoft Windows,
Internet Explorer

Bulletin 3 Critical
Remote Code Execution Requires restart Microsoft Windows

Bulletin 4 Critical
Remote Code Execution May require restart Microsoft .NET Framework,
Microsoft Silverlight

Bulletin 5 Important
Elevation of Privilege Requires restart Microsoft Windows

Bulletin 6 Important
Elevation of Privilege May require restart Microsoft Office,
Microsoft Server Software

Bulletin 7 Important
Remote Code Execution May require restart Microsoft Windows

Bulletin 8 Important
Remote Code Execution May require restart Microsoft Windows

Bulletin 9 Important
Remote Code Execution May require restart Microsoft Office
  Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification for February 2012