Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification for March 2013

Microsoft plans on releasing 7 security bulletins on Tuesday March 12 2013 @1:00 PM EDT for more info go to  http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/bulletin/ms13-mar 

Bulletin Information Executive Summaries NOTE the number of updates required will very with the microsoft software that you are using.

This advance notification provides a number as the bulletin identifier, because the official Microsoft Security Bulletin numbers are not issued until release. The bulletin summary that replaces this advance notification will have the proper Microsoft Security Bulletin numbers (in the MSyy-xxx format) as the bulletin identifier.

The following table summarizes the security bulletins for this month in order of severity.

For details on affected software, see the next section, Affected Software.

Bulletin ID Maximum Severity Rating and Vulnerability Impact Restart Requirement Affected Software

Bulletin 1Critical 
Remote Code Execution
Requires restartMicrosoft Windows,
Internet Explorer
Bulletin 2Critical 
Remote Code Execution
Does not require restartMicrosoft Silverlight
Bulletin 3Critical 
Remote Code Execution
May require restartMicrosoft Office
Bulletin 4Critical 
Elevation of Privilege
May require restartMicrosoft Office,
Microsoft Server Software
Bulletin 5Important 
Information Disclosure
May require restartMicrosoft Office
Bulletin 6Important 
Information Disclosure
Does not require restartMicrosoft Office
Bulletin 7Important 
Elevation of Privilege
Requires restartMicrosoft Windows