Microsoft plans to ship four security updates next Tuesday as part of its monthly patch cycle. All four were labeled “important†(the company’s second-highest ranking), even though one of the bugs being addressed poses a “remote code execution†risk, something that would normally merit a critical tag.
This remote code execution flaw, which affects Windows Vista and Server 2008, was apparently given the less-severe rating because it doesn’t work without the user first taking some extra actions or adding special software or drivers – though no specific details were provided.
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