Applies ToWindows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 Windows Server 2008 R2 Datacenter Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard Windows Server 2008 R2 Web Edition Windows Server 2008 R2 Foundation

Summary

This security update resolves vulnerabilities in the VBScript and JScript scripting engines in Windows. The more severe of the vulnerabilities could allow remote code execution if an attacker hosts a specially crafted website that is designed to exploit the vulnerabilities through Internet Explorer (or if an attacker leverages a compromised website or a website that accepts or hosts user-provided content or advertisements) and then convinces a user to view the website. An attacker could also embed an ActiveX control marked as "safe for initialization" in an application or a Microsoft Office document that uses the Internet Explorer rendering engine to direct the user to the specially crafted website. To learn more about the vulnerability, see Microsoft Security Bulletin MS15-108.

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Important

  • If you install a language pack after you install this update, you must reinstall this update. Therefore, we recommend that you install any language packs that you need before you install this update. For more information, see Add language packs to Windows.

How to obtain and install the update

Method 1: Windows Update

This update is available through Windows Update. When you turn on automatic updating, this update will be downloaded and installed automatically. For more information about how to turn on automatic updating, see Get security updates automatically.

You can obtain the stand-alone update package through the Microsoft Download Center. Follow the installation instructions on the download page to install the update.Click the download link in Microsoft Security Bulletin MS15-108 that corresponds to the version of Windows that you are running.

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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.

Windows Server 2008 R2 file information

  • The files that apply to a specific product, milestone (RTM, SPn), and service branch (LDR, GDR) can be identified by examining the file version numbers as shown in the following table:

    Version

    Product

    Milestone

    Service branch

    6.1.7601.18xxx

    Windows Server 2008 R2

    SP1

    GDR

    6.1.7601.23xxx

    Windows Server 2008 R2

    SP1

    LDR

  • GDR service branches contain only those fixes that are widely released to address widespread, critical issues. LDR service branches contain hotfixes in addition to widely released fixes.

Note The MANIFEST files (.manifest) and MUM files (.mum) that are installed are not listed.

For all supported x64-based versions of Windows Server 2008 R2

File name

File version

File size

Date

Time

Platform

Jscript.dll

5.8.7601.18991

910,336

08-Sep-2015

18:13

x64

Jscript.dll

5.8.7601.23194

910,336

08-Sep-2015

18:15

x64

Vbscript.dll

5.8.7601.18991

611,840

08-Sep-2015

18:13

x64

Vbscript.dll

5.8.7601.23194

611,840

08-Sep-2015

18:15

x64

Jscript.dll

5.8.7601.18991

717,312

08-Sep-2015

17:53

x86

Jscript.dll

5.8.7601.23194

717,312

08-Sep-2015

17:52

x86

Vbscript.dll

5.8.7601.18991

429,568

08-Sep-2015

17:54

x86

Vbscript.dll

5.8.7601.23194

429,568

08-Sep-2015

17:52

x86

Jscript.dll

5.8.7601.18991

717,312

08-Sep-2015

17:53

x86

Jscript.dll

5.8.7601.23194

717,312

08-Sep-2015

17:52

x86

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