As Aunty promised, here is the rundown on the five… count ‘em… five security updates which Microsoft just released for Windows users and administrators:

1. Vulnerability in WordPad

According to the Microsoft site, the vulnerability in WordPad allows an attacker to “take complete control of the affected system.” Ouch. There are actually two vulnerabilities in WordPad which allow this, says Microsoft. The “Table Conversion Vulnerability” and the “Font Conversion Vulnerability.”

Various version of Windows NT, 2000, XP, and Windows Server are affected by this vulnerability.

2. Vulnerability in the Windows Kernal

This is actually a suite of vulnerabilities, if you will, which affects Windows XP, NT, 2000, and Windows Server.

The attacker who exploits these vulnerabilities can have their wicked way with your system, including, says Microsoft, “installing programs; viewing, changing, or deleting data; or creating new accounts that have full privileges.” Yum!

[Note that the links to the full information and security updates appear at the end of this post.]

[As Promised: Microsoft's 5 Windows Security Updates, continued]