About Microsoft Operating System Patch Files

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Each month, Microsoft releases patches to address security vulnerabilities that are discovered in Microsoft operating system software. Microsoft defines security vulnerabilities as:

“A flaw in a product that makes it infeasible – even when using the product properly—to prevent an attacker from usurping privileges on the user’s system, regulating its operation, compromising data on it, or assuming ungranted trust.”

Microsoft publishes a monthly Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary that lists the patches released that month. You can view these bulletins on the Microsoft Security TechCenter website:

https://technet.microsoft.com/security/bulletin

The Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary for July 2014 is shown in the following figure:

Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary for July 2014

The Security Bulletin Summary lists each patch released that month, grouped by status level, with a link to each patch’s associated Security Bulletin, as shown in the following figure:

Microsoft Security Bulletin MS14-037

Security Bulletin Summaries, Security Bulletins, and patches can be accessed from the Microsoft Security TechCenter:

https://technet.microsoft.com/security/bulletin