Security Updates for Windows, Java, Flash & Reader
Summary: Adobe, Microsoft and Oracle each released security updates on the same day, with Adobe patching AIR, Acrobat, Flash and Reader, Microsoft fixing at least a half dozen flaws in Windows and Office, and Oracle fixing at least three dozen holes in Java. Microsoft's fixes all carried "important" ratings, including MS14-002, a zero-day Windows flaw that Trustwave Spiderlabs documented being used alongside an Adobe Reader bug to bypass Reader's security sandbox.
Why it matters: The Windows zero-day was already exploited in targeted attacks before this patch, and Microsoft also reminded users that Windows XP loses all security updates after April 2014, leaving those machines an even larger target.
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