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Microsoft Security Advisory: Update for vulnerabilities in Adobe Flash Player in Internet Explorer 10

Article ID: 2819372 – View products that this article applies to.
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INTRODUCTION

Microsoft has released a Microsoft security advisory about this issue for IT professionals. The security advisory contains additional security-related information. To view the security advisory, go to the following Microsoft website:

http://technet.microsoft.com/security/advisory/2755801

More information

In addition to the issues described in security advisory 2755801, this update also resolves the following issue:

  • Assume that you install update 2805940 on a computer that is running Windows 8 or Windows Server 2012. When you open a Microsoft Office file that contains an embedded Shockwave Flash object in Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007, PowerPoint 2010, Microsoft Office Word 2007, Word 2010, Microsoft Excel 2007, or Excel 2010, you may receive an error message. When this error occurs, the corresponding application may shut down unexpectedly.For more information about update 2805940, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
    2805940 Microsoft Security Advisory: Update for Vulnerabilities in Adobe Flash Player in Internet Explorer 10

Prerequisites

You must have update 2771431 (a servicing stack update) installed before you install this update. For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

2771431 A servicing stack update is available for Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012

Known issues with this security update

  • Windows Update will not offer this security update to Windows RT-based computers until update 2808380 has been installed. For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
    2808380 Windows Update service freezes after a Windows RT-based computer enters the “connected standby” state

Windows update for Internet Explorer 10Resolution

The following files are available for download from the Microsoft Download Center:

Update for Internet Explorer Flash Player for Windows 8 (KB2819372)

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Download the Windows8-RT-KB2819372-x86.msu package now.

Update for Internet Explorer Flash Player for Windows 8 x64-based systems (KB2819372)

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Download the Windows8-RT-KB2819372-x64.msu package now.

Update for Internet Explorer Flash Player for Windows Server 2012 (KB2819372)

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Download the Windows8-RT-KB2819372-x64.msu package now.

Release Date: February 26, 2013

For more information about how to download Microsoft support files, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

119591 How to obtain Microsoft support files from online services

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Update information

Detection and deployment tools and guidance

Security Central

Manage the software and security updates that you have to deploy to the servers, desktop, and mobile systems in your organization. For more information, see the TechNet Update Management Center. The Microsoft TechNet Security website provides additional information about security in Microsoft products.

Security updates are available from Microsoft Update and Windows Update. Security updates are also available from the Microsoft Download Center. You can find them most easily by doing a keyword search for “security update.”

Finally, you can download security updates from the Microsoft Update Catalog. The Microsoft Update Catalog provides a searchable catalog of content made available through Windows Update and Microsoft Update. This includes security updates, drivers, and service packs. For more information about the Microsoft Update Catalog, see the Microsoft Update Catalog FAQ.

Detection and deployment guidance

Microsoft provides detection and deployment guidance for security updates. This guidance contains recommendations and information that can help IT professionals understand how to use various tools for detection and deployment of security updates. For more information, see Microsoft Knowledge Base article 961747.

Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer

Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer (MBSA) lets administrators scan local and remote systems for missing security updates and also common security misconfigurations. For more information, see Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer.

The following table provides the MBSA detection summary for this security update.

Software MBSA
Windows 8 for 32-bit systems No
Windows 8 for 64-bit systems No
Windows Server 2012 No

Note Customers who use legacy software that is not supported by the latest release of MBSA, Microsoft Update, and Windows Server Update Services, should see Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer and then reference the “Legacy Product Support” section. Here they will find information about how to create comprehensive security update detection with legacy tools.

Windows Server Update Services

Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) lets information technology administrators deploy the latest Microsoft product updates to computers that are running Windows. For more information about how to deploy security updates by using Windows Server Update Services, see the Windows Server Update Services TechNet article.

Systems Management Server

The following table provides the SMS detection and deployment summary for this security update.

Software SMS 2003 with ITMU System Center Configuration Manager
Windows 8 for 32-bit systems No Yes
Windows 8 for 64-bit systems No Yes
Windows Server 2012 No Yes

Note Microsoft discontinued support for SMS 2.0 on April 12, 2011. For SMS 2003, Microsoft also discontinued support for the Security Update Inventory Tool (SUIT) on April 12, 2011. Customers are encouraged to upgrade to System Center Configuration Manager. For customers remaining on SMS 2003 Service Pack 3, the Inventory Tool for Microsoft Updates (ITMU) is also an option.

For SMS 2003, the SMS 2003 Inventory Tool for Microsoft Updates (ITMU) can be used by SMS to detect security updates that are offered by Microsoft Update and that are supported by Windows Server Update Services. For more information about the SMS 2003 ITMU, see SMS 2003 Inventory Tool for Microsoft Updates. For more information about SMS scanning tools, see SMS 2003 Software Update Scanning Tools. See also Downloads for Systems Management Server 2003.

System Center Configuration Manager uses WSUS 3.0 for detection of updates. For more information, see System Center.

For detailed information, see Microsoft Knowledge Base article 910723: Summary list of monthly detection and deployment guidance articles.

Update Compatibility Evaluator and Application Compatibility Toolkit

Updates frequently write to the same files and registry settings that are required for your applications to run. This can trigger incompatibilities and increase the time that is required to deploy security updates. You can streamline the testing and validating of Windows updates against installed applications by using the Update Compatibility Evaluator components that are included with Application Compatibility Toolkit.

The Application Compatibility Toolkit (ACT) contains the necessary tools and documentation to evaluate and decrease application compatibility issues before you deploy Windows Vista, a Windows Update, a Microsoft Security Update, or a new version of Windows Internet Explorer in your environment.

Security update deployment

Windows 8 (all editions)

Reference table

The following table contains the security update information for this software. You can find additional information in the “Deployment information” subsection in this section.

Inclusion in future service packs The update for this issue will be included in a future service pack or update rollup
Deployment
Installing without requiring user intervention For Adobe Flash Player in Internet Explorer 10 on all supported 32-bit editions of Windows 8:
Windows8-RT-KB2819372-x86.msu /quiet
For Adobe Flash Player in Internet Explorer 10 on all supported 64-bit editions of Windows 8:
Windows8-RT-KB2819372-x64.msu /quiet
Installing without restarting For Adobe Flash Player in Internet Explorer 10 on all supported 32-bit editions of Windows 8:
Windows8-RT-KB2819372-x86.msu /quiet /norestart
For Adobe Flash Player in Internet Explorer 10 on all supported x64-bit editions of Windows 8:
Windows8-RT-KB2819372-x64.msu /quiet /norestart
Additional information See the Detection and deployment tools and guidance subsection.
Restart requirement
Restart required? In some cases, this update does not require a restart. If the required files are being used, this update will require a restart. If this behavior occurs, you receive a message that advises you to restart.
To help reduce the possibility that a restart will be required, stop all affected services and close all applications that may use the affected files before you install the security update. For more information about the reasons why you may be prompted to restart, see Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 887012.
HotPatching Not applicable.
Removal information To uninstall an update installed by WUSA, use the /Uninstall setup switch. Or, click Control Panel, click System and Security, and then under Windows Update, click View installed updates and select from the list of updates.
Registry key verification Note There is no registry key to validate the presence of this update.

Deployment information

Installing the update

When you install this security update, the installer checks whether one or more of the files that are being updated on your system have previously been updated by a Microsoft hotfix.

For more information about the terminology that appears in this Knowledge Base article, such as “hotfix,” see Microsoft Knowledge Base article 824684.

This security update supports the following setup switches.

Supported security update installation switches
Switch Description
/?, /h, /help Displays help on supported switches.
/quiet Suppresses the display of status or error messages.
/norestart When it is combined with/quiet, the system is not restarted after installation even if a restart is required to complete installation.
/warnrestart:<seconds> When it is combined with /quiet, the installer warns the user before it begins the restart.
/promptrestart When it is combined with /quiet, the installer prompts before it begins restart.
/forcerestart When it is combined with /quiet, the installer forcibly closes applications and begins the restart.
/log:<file name> Enables logging to specified file.
/extract:<destination> Extracts the package contents to the destination folder.
/uninstall /kb:<KB number> Uninstalls the security update.

Note For more information about the Wusa.exe installer, see the “Windows Update Stand-alone Installer” section in the TechNet article Miscellaneous Changes in Windows 7.

Verifying that the update was applied

Because there are several editions of Windows, the following steps may be different on your system. If they are, see your product documentation to complete these steps.

File version verification

  1. Click Start, and then type an update file name in the Search box.
  2. When the file appears under Programs, right-click the file name, and then click Properties.
  3. On the General tab, compare the file size with the file information tables that are provided in the Microsoft Knowledge Base article.Note Depending on the edition of the operating system or the programs that are installed on your system, some files that are listed in the file information table may not be installed.
  4. You can also click the Details tab and compare information, such as file version and date modified, with the file information tables provided in the Microsoft Knowledge Base article.Note Attributes other than the file version may change during installation. Comparing other file attributes to the information in the file information table is not a supported method of verifying that the update was applied. Also, in certain cases, files may be renamed during installation. If the file or version information is not present, use one of the other available methods to verify update installation.
  5. Finally, you can also click the Previous Versions tab and compare file information for the previous version of the file together with the file information for the new, or updated, version of the file.

Windows Server 2012 (all editions)

Reference table

The following table contains the security update information for this software. You can find additional information in the subsection, Deployment information, in this section.

Inclusion in future service packs The update for this issue will be included in a future service pack or update rollup
Deployment
Installing without requiring user intervention For Adobe Flash Player in Internet Explorer 10 on all supported editions of Windows Server 2012:
Windows8-RT-KB2819372-x64.msu /quiet
Installing without restarting For Adobe Flash Player in Internet Explorer 10 on all supported editions of Windows Server 2008 R2:
Windows8-RT-KB2819372-x64.msu /quiet /norestart
Additional information See the Detection and deployment tools and Guidance subsection.
Restart requirement
Restart required? In some cases, this update does not require a restart. If the required files are being used, this update will require a restart. If this behavior occurs, you receive a message that advises you to restart.
To help reduce the possibility that a restart will be required, stop all affected services and close all applications that may use the affected files before you install the security update. For more information about the reasons why you may be prompted to restart, see Microsoft Knowledge Base article 887012.
HotPatching Not applicable.
Removal information To uninstall an update installed by WUSA, use the /Uninstall setup switch or click Control Panel, click System and Security, and then under Windows Update, click View installed updates and select from the list of updates.
Registry key verification Note A registry key does not exist to validate the presence of this update.

Deployment information

Installing the update

When you install this security update, the installer checks whether one or more of the files that are being updated on your system have previously been updated by a Microsoft hotfix.

For more information about the terminology that appears in this Knowledge Base article, such as hotfix, see Microsoft Knowledge Base article 824684.

This security update supports the following setup switches.

Supported security update installation switches
Switch Description
/?, /h, /help Displays help on supported switches.
/quiet Suppresses the display of status or error messages.
/norestart When it is combined with/quiet, the system is not restarted after installation even if a restart is required to complete installation.
/warnrestart:<seconds> When it is combined with /quiet, the installer warns the user before it begins the restart.
/promptrestart When it is combined with /quiet, the installer prompts before it begins restart.
/forcerestart When it is combined with /quiet, the installer forcibly closes applications and begins the restart.
/log:<file name> Enables logging to specified file.
/extract:<destination> Extracts the package contents to the destination folder.
/uninstall /kb:<KB number> Uninstalls the security update.

Note For more information about the Wusa.exe installer, see “Windows Update Stand-alone Installer” in the TechNet article, Miscellaneous Changes in Windows 7.

Verifying that the update was applied

Because there are several editions of Microsoft Windows, the following steps may be different on your system. If they are, see your product documentation to complete these steps.

File version verification

  1. Click Start, and then type an update file name in the Start Search box.
  2. When the file appears under Programs, right-click the file name, and then click Properties.
  3. On the General tab, compare the file size with the file information tables provided in the Knowledge Base article.Note Depending on the edition of the operating system or on the programs that are installed on your system, some files that are listed in the file information table may not be installed.
  4. You can also click the Details tab to compare information (such as file version and date modified) with the file information tables provided in the Knowledge Base article.Note Attributes other than the file version may change during installation. Comparing other file attributes to the information in the file information table is not a supported method of verifying that the update was applied. Also, in certain cases, files may be renamed during installation. If the file or version information is not present, use one of the other available methods to verify update installation.
  5. Finally, you can also click the Previous Versions tab and compare file information for the previous version of the file with the file information for the new, or updated, version of the file.

FILE INFORMATION

The English (United States) version of this software update installs files that have the attributes that are listed in the following tables. The dates and times for these files are listed in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). The dates and times for these files on your local computer are displayed in your local time and with your current daylight saving time (DST) bias. Additionally, the dates and times may change when you perform certain operations on the files.

For Internet Explorer Flash Player for x86-based versions of Windows 8 (KB2819372)

File name File version File size Date Time Platform
Flash.ocx 11.6.602.171 11,123,544 21-Feb-2013 07:29 x86
Flashplayerapp.exe 11.6.602.171 692,568 21-Feb-2013 07:29 x86
Flashplayercplapp.cpl 11.6.602.171 78,168 21-Feb-2013 07:29 Not Applicable
Flashutil_activex.dll 11.6.602.171 487,768 21-Feb-2013 07:29 x86
Flashutil_activex.exe 11.6.602.171 713,568 21-Feb-2013 07:29 x86
Flash.ocx 11.6.602.171 11,123,544 21-Feb-2013 07:29 x86
Flashplayerapp.exe 11.6.602.171 692,568 21-Feb-2013 07:29 x86
Flashplayercplapp.cpl 11.6.602.171 78,168 21-Feb-2013 07:29 Not Applicable
Flashutil_activex.dll 11.6.602.171 487,768 21-Feb-2013 07:29 x86
Flashutil_activex.exe 11.6.602.171 713,568 21-Feb-2013 07:29 x86

For Internet Explorer Flash Player for x64-based versions of Windows 8 and for Windows Server 2012 (KB2819372)

File name File version File size Date Time Platform
Flash.ocx 11.6.602.171 13,487,456 21-Feb-2013 07:30 x64
Flashutil_activex.dll 11.6.602.171 536,408 21-Feb-2013 07:30 x64
Flashutil_activex.exe 11.6.602.171 438,104 21-Feb-2013 07:30 x64
Flash.ocx 11.6.602.171 13,487,456 21-Feb-2013 09:40 x64
Flashutil_activex.dll 11.6.602.171 536,408 21-Feb-2013 09:40 x64
Flashutil_activex.exe 11.6.602.171 438,104 21-Feb-2013 09:40 x64
Flash.ocx 11.6.602.171 11,123,544 21-Feb-2013 07:29 x86
Flashplayerapp.exe 11.6.602.171 692,568 21-Feb-2013 07:29 x86
Flashplayercplapp.cpl 11.6.602.171 78,168 21-Feb-2013 07:29 Not Applicable
Flashutil_activex.dll 11.6.602.171 487,768 21-Feb-2013 07:29 x86
Flashutil_activex.exe 11.6.602.171 713,568 21-Feb-2013 07:29 x86
Flash.ocx 11.6.602.171 11,123,544 21-Feb-2013 07:29 x86
Flashplayerapp.exe 11.6.602.171 692,568 21-Feb-2013 07:29 x86
Flashplayercplapp.cpl 11.6.602.171 78,168 21-Feb-2013 07:29 Not Applicable
Flashutil_activex.dll 11.6.602.171 487,768 21-Feb-2013 07:29 x86
Flashutil_activex.exe 11.6.602.171 713,568 21-Feb-2013 07:29 x86

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