The MsrcSeverity property retrieves the Microsoft Security Response Center severity rating of the update.
Syntax (get)
HRESULT get_MsrcSeverity(
[out] BSTR *retval
);
Parameters
- retval [out]
-
The Microsoft Security Response Center severity rating of the update.
Return Value
Returns S_OK if successful. Otherwise, returns a COM or Windows
error code.
Remarks
The following ratings are the possible severity ratings of a security issue that is fixed by an update. These ratings were revised by the Microsoft Security Response Center in November 2002.
| Term | Description |
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Critical | A security issue whose exploitation could allow the propagation of an Internet worm without user action.
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Important | A security issue whose exploitation could result in compromise of the confidentiality, integrity, or availability of users' data, or of the integrity or availability of processing resources.
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Moderate | Exploitation is mitigated to a significant degree by factors such as default configuration, auditing, or difficulty of exploitation.
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Low | A security issue whose exploitation is extremely difficult, or whose impact is minimal.
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Requirements
| Minimum supported client | Windows XP, Windows 2000 Professional with SP3 |
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| Minimum supported server | Windows Server 2003, Windows 2000 Server with SP3 |
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| Header | Wuapi.h |
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| IDL | Wuapi.idl |
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| Library | Wuguid.lib |
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| DLL | Wuapi.dll |
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See Also
- IUpdate
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Build date: 11/18/2009