ms12-052

MS12-052 is a critical security bulletin from Microsoft, released on August 14, 2012, as a cumulative security update for Internet Explorer (2722913). It addresses four privately reported vulnerabilities that could allow remote code execution if a user views a specially crafted webpage. The update affects multiple versions of Internet Explorer, with the most severe vulnerabilities potentially giving an attacker the same user rights as the current user. Users with fewer user rights are less impacted than those with administrative rights. The bulletin was revised on August 15, 2012, to clarify that Windows 8 Release Preview and Windows Server 2012 Release Candidate are not affected.