Updated: July 11, 2020 (November 14, 2005)
Charts & IllustrationsNov. 2005 Security Communications Summary
One critical update was issued in Nov. 2005 for the graphics rendering engine in Windows. In addition, Microsoft released a security advisory for a cumulative security patch to Internet Explorer, which was released in Oct. 2005, but caused problems for customers who had changed the default permissions on some directories. Another security advisory, for Macromedia Flash, was released because the third-party software was included with several versions of Windows.
| Bulletin / Advisory | Severity | Affected Software | KB Article |
| MS05-053: Vulnerabilities in Graphics Rendering Engine Could Allow Code Execution | Critical | Windows | 896424 |
| Microsoft Security Advisory: Various Issues After Installing Microsoft Security Bulletin MS05-051 on Systems That Have Non-Default File Permissions | Advisory | Windows | 909444 |
| Microsoft Security Advisory: Macromedia Security Bulletin: MPSB05-07 Flash Player 7 Improper Memory Access Vulnerability | Advisory |
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