14 DAY TRIAL // Microsoft has released a patch to address vulnerabilities in Flash Player, after the company previously delayed the February 2017 Patch Tuesday rollout due to a last-minute bug.
The patch is listed as KB4010250 and is shipped to Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows Server 2012, Windows 10, Windows 10 Version 1511, Windows 10 Version 1607, Windows 8.1, or Windows RT 8.1. This means that Windows 7 systems aren’t getting it.
The vulnerabilities that are patched with this new update were already fixed by Adobe one week ago, but given the fact that Microsoft delayed this month’s Patch Tuesday, the company is only now rolling out this fix, possibly because the number of attacks that might be aimed at exploiting these flaws is increasing.
Microsoft says that no other security updates are scheduled to go live this month and the next rollout will take place as planned on March 14.
The delayed Patch Tuesday
Microsoft surprisingly delayed this month’s Patch Tuesday cycle due to what the company described as a last-minute bug, explaining that all fixes would be included in the March 2017 patching schedule.
“Our top priority is to provide the best possible experience for customers in maintaining and protecting their systems. This month, we discovered a last minute issue that could impact some customers and was not resolved in time for our planned updates today,” the firm said.
“After considering all options, we made the decision to delay this month’s updates. We apologize for any inconvenience caused by this change to the existing plan.”
This is the first time when Microsoft delays a Patch Tuesday rollout and although the company hasn’t provided a reason for this decision, there’s a chance it was caused by an infrastructure problem, as the firm planned to migrate to a new system that no longer relies on individual patches.
Users are strongly recommended to install this new Flash Player update, especially if they’re running Microsoft Edge as the default browser on their Windows 10 computers.