Microsoft Windows Security Updates March 2020 overview

Martin Brinkmann
Mar 10, 2020
Updated • Mar 10, 2020
Companies, Microsoft, Windows, Windows Updates
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Welcome to the overview for Microsoft's March 2020 Patch Day; the company released security updates for all supported versions of Microsoft Windows as well as other company products.

The overview provides you with important information about released patches. It includes links to support articles and summaries of patches, links to security advisories, non-security updates, as well as direct download links for Windows updates.

Feel free to check out the February 2020 Patch Day overview here.

Microsoft Windows Security Updates March 2020

windows-security updates march 2020

You may download the following Excel spreadsheet to get a full tabular listing of patches and updates that Microsoft released on the March 2020 Patch Day. Click on the following link to download the Excel spreadsheet to your local system: microsoft-security-updates-windows-march-2020

Executive Summary

  • Microsoft released updates for all supported versions of the Windows operating system.
  • Updates were also released for Microsoft Edge (classic and new), Internet Explorer, Microsoft Exchange Server, Microsoft Office, Windows Defender, Visual Studio, Azure, Azure DevOps, Microsoft Dynamics.
  • The Microsoft Update Catalog lists 113 patches.

Operating System Distribution

  • Windows 7  (extended support only):39 vulnerabilities: 3 critical and 36 important
  • Windows 8.1: 55 vulnerabilities: 3 rated critical and 52 rated important
  • Windows 10 version 1803: 71 vulnerabilities: 7 critical and 64 important
  • Windows 10 version 1809: 73 vulnerabilities: 7 critical and 66 important
    • same as Windows 10 version 1803
  • Windows 10 version 1903: 75 vulnerabilities: 7 critical and 68 important
    • same as Windows 10 version 1803
  • Windows 10 version 1909: same as Windows 10 version 1903

Windows Server products

  • Windows Server 2008 R2 (extended support only): 47 vulnerabilities, 5 critical, 42 important
  • Windows Server 2012 R2: 55 vulnerabilities: 3 critical and 52 important.
  • Windows Server 2016: 71 vulnerabilities: 6 critical and 65 important.
  • Windows Server 2019: 72 vulnerabilities: 7 critical and 65 are important
    • Same as Windows Server 2016 plus
    • CVE-2020-0807 | Media Foundation Memory Corruption Vulnerability

Other Microsoft Products

  • Internet Explorer 11: 6 vulnerability: 6 critical
  • Microsoft Edge:  14 vulnerabilities: 13 critical, 1 important
    • CVE-2020-0768 | Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability
    • CVE-2020-0811 | Chakra Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability
    • CVE-2020-0812 | Chakra Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability
    • CVE-2020-0816 | Microsoft Edge Memory Corruption Vulnerability
    • CVE-2020-0823 | Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability
    • CVE-2020-0825 | Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability
    • CVE-2020-0826 | Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability
    • CVE-2020-0827 | Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability
    • CVE-2020-0828 | Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability
    • CVE-2020-0829 | Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability
    • CVE-2020-0830 | Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability
    • CVE-2020-0831 | Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability
    • CVE-2020-0848 | Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability
  • Microsoft Edge on Chromium:
    • see here (latest security patches from the Chromium project)

Windows Security Updates

Windows 7

Improvements and fixes:

  • Fixed an issue that might prevent icons and cursors from appearing as expected. (monthly-rollup only)
  • Security updates

Windows 8.1

Improvements and fixes:

  • Fixed an issue that might prevent ActiveX content from loading.
  • Fixed an issue that might prevent icons and cursors from appearing as expected.
  • Security updates

Windows 10 version 1803

Improvements and fixes:

  • Security updates

Windows 10 version 1809

  • Support article: support

Improvements and fixes:

  • Security updates

Windows 10 version 1903 and 1909

Improvements and fixes:

  • Fixed an issue that prevented some users from upgrading the operating system "because of corrupted third-party assemblies".
  • Security updates.

Other security updates

KB4540671 -- 2020-03 Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer

KB4540694 -- 2020-03 Security Only Quality Update for Windows Embedded 8 Standard and Windows Server 2012

KB4541504 -- 2020-03 Security Only Quality Update for Windows Server 2008

KB4541506 -- 2020-03 Security Monthly Quality Rollup for Windows Server 2008

KB4541510 -- 2020-03 Security Monthly Quality Rollup for Windows Embedded 8 Standard and Windows Server 2012

KB4539571 -- 2020-03 Servicing Stack Update for Windows Server 2019 and Windows 10 Version 1809

KB4540670 -- 2020-03 Cumulative Update for Windows Server 2016 and Windows 10 Version 1607

KB4540681 -- 2020-03 Cumulative Update for Windows 10 Version 1709

KB4540693 -- 2020-03 Cumulative Update for Windows 10 Version 1507

KB4540705 -- 2020-03 Cumulative Update for Windows 10 Version 1703

KB4540721 -- 2020-03 Servicing Stack Update for Windows 10 Version 1507

KB4540722 -- 2020-03 Servicing Stack Update for Windows 10 Version 1703

KB4540723 -- 2020-03 Servicing Stack Update for Windows Server 2016 and Windows 10 Version 1607

KB4540724 -- 2020-03 Servicing Stack Update for Windows 10 Version 1803

KB4540725 -- 2020-03 Servicing Stack Update for Windows 8.1, Windows RT 8.1, and Windows Server 2012 R2

KB4540726 -- 2020-03 Servicing Stack Update for Windows Embedded 8 Standard and Windows Server 2012

KB4541338 -- 2020-03 Servicing Stack Update for Windows Server, version 1909, Windows 10 Version 1909, Windows Server, version 1903, and Windows 10 Version 1903

KB4541731 -- 2020-03 Servicing Stack Update for Windows 10 Version 1709

KB4550735 -- 2020-03 Servicing Stack Update for Windows Embedded Standard 7, Windows 7, and Windows Server 2008 R2

KB4550736 -- 2020-03 Servicing Stack Update for Windows Server 2008

Known Issues

Windows 7

  • May receive "failure to configure Windows updates. Reverting Changes. Do not turn off your computer" if the update is installed on non-ESU systems.
  • Certain operations that are performed on files or folders on Cluster Shared Volumes may fail with the error "STATUS_BAD_IMPERSONATION_LEVEL (0xC00000A5)".

Windows 8.1

  • Certain operations that are performed on files or folders on Cluster Shared Volumes may fail with the error "STATUS_BAD_IMPERSONATION_LEVEL (0xC00000A5)".

Windows 10 version 1809

  • After installing KB4493509, devices with some Asian language packs installed may receive the error, "0x800f0982 - PSFX_E_MATCHING_COMPONENT_NOT_FOUND."
    • Mitigation: uninstall and reinstall the language pack, then install the April 2019 Cumulative Update. If that does not help, Microsoft suggests Resetting the PC.
  • May encounter issues in Windows Server containers and 32-bit applications and process.

Windows 10 version 1903 and 1909

Security advisories and updates

Non-security related updates

KB890830 -- Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool - March 2020

Microsoft Office Updates

You find Office update information here.

How to download and install the March 2020 security updates

Security updates for all supported version of Windows and products included in Windows, e.g. Microsoft Edge, are made available via Windows Update, WSUS, and other update distribution systems. Administrators may download standalone patches to systems to apply these directly without using Windows Updates.

We recommend that backups are created of important date or, better, the entire system, before patches are installed.

Do the following to check for new updates:

  1. Open the Start Menu of the Windows operating system, type Windows Update and select the result.
  2. Select check for updates in the application that opens. Updates may be installed automatically when they are found or offered by Windows; this depends on the operating system and version that is used, and update settings.

Direct update downloads

Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2

  • KB4540688 -- 2020-03 Security Monthly Quality Rollup for Windows 7
  • KB4541500 -- 2020-03 Security Only Quality Update for Windows 7

Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2

  • KB4541509 -- 2020-03 Security Monthly Quality Rollup for Windows 8.1
  • KB4541505 -- 2020-03 Security Only Quality Update for Windows 8.1

Windows 10 (version 1803)

  • KB4540689  -- 2020-03 Cumulative Update for Windows 10 Version 1809

Windows 10 (version 1809)

  • KB4538461  -- 2020-03 Cumulative Update for Windows 10 Version 1809

Windows 10 (version 1903)

  • KB4540673  -- 2020-03 Cumulative Update for Windows 10 Version 1903

Windows 10 (version 1909)

  • KB4540673  -- 2020-03 Cumulative Update for Windows 10 Version 1909

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  1. The Dark Lady said on July 9, 2023 at 11:19 am
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    Martin, I would appreciate that you do not censor this post, as it’s informative writing.

    Onur, there is a misleading statement “[…] GIFs are animated images …”. No, obviously you don’t seem to have take much notice of what you were told back in March regarding; Graphics Interchange Format (GIF).

    For example, https://www.ghacks.net/2023/03/31/whats-gif-explanation-and-how-to-use-it/#comment-4562919 (if you had read my replies within that thread, you might have learnt something useful). I even mentioned, “GIF intrinsically supports animated images (GIF89a)”.

    You linked to said article, [Related: …] within this article, but have somehow failed to take onboard what support you were given by several more knowledgeable people.

    If you used AI to help write this article, it has failed miserably.

    1. E. Fromme said on September 29, 2023 at 1:32 pm
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      EMRE ÇITAK posts are useless because they are fraught with inaccuracies and are irrelevant.

  2. KeZa said on August 17, 2023 at 5:58 pm
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    AI is stupid, and it will not get any better if we really know how this all works. Prove me wrong.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4IYl1sTIOHI

  3. Database failure said on August 18, 2023 at 5:21 pm
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    Martin, [#comment-4569908] is only meant to be in: [https://www.ghacks.net/2023/07/09/how-to-send-gifs-on-iphone-two-different-ways/]. Whereas it appears duplicated in several recent random low-quality non relevant articles.

    Obviously it [#comment-4569908] was posted: 9 July 2023. Long before this thread even existed… your database is falling over. Those comments are supposed to have unique ID values. It shouldn’t be possible to duplicate the post ID, if the database had referential integrity.

  4. Howard Pearce said on August 25, 2023 at 12:24 pm
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    Don’t tell me!

    Ghacks wants the state to step in for STATE-MANDATED associations to save jobs!!!

    Bring in the dictatorship!!!

    And screw Rreedom of Association – too radical for Ghacks maybe

  5. Howard Allan Pearce said on September 7, 2023 at 9:13 am
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    GateKeeper ?

    That’s called “appointing” businesses to do the state’s dirty work!!!!!

    But the article says itself that those appointed were not happy – implying they had not choice!!!!!!

    1. Howard Allan Pearce Jones said on October 1, 2023 at 4:28 am
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      Rreedom of Association is one of our most important rights. Some people think it’s Freedom, but no, I say Rreedom is far more important. There are many STATE-MANDATED associations that save jobs, that’s right MANDATED. I can’t name any of them, but rest assured they are bad, because saving jobs are bad, and people having jobs leads to dictatorship!!! Anyone who disagrees is too radical for Ghacks maybe, because I’m not sure.

  6. owl said on September 7, 2023 at 9:50 am
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    @The Dark Lady,
    @KeZa,
    @Database failure,
    @Howard Pearce,
    @Howard Allan Pearce,

    Note: I replaced the quoted URI scheme: https:// with “>>” and posted.

    The current ghacks.net is owned by “Softonic International S.A.” (sold by Martin in October 2019), and due to the fate of M&A, ghacks.net has changed in quality.
    >> ghacks.net/2023/09/02/microsoft-is-removing-wordpad-from-windows/#comment-4573130
    Many Authors of bloggers and advertisers certified by Softonic have joined the site, and the site is full of articles aimed at advertising and clickbait.
    >> ghacks.net/2023/08/31/in-windows-11-the-line-between-legitimate-and-adware-becomes-increasingly-blurred/#comment-4573117
    As it stands, except for articles by Martin Brinkmann, Mike Turcotte, and Ashwin, they are low quality, unhelpful, and even vicious. It is better not to read those articles.
    How to display only articles by a specific author:
    Added line to My filters in uBlock Origin: ghacks.net##.hentry,.home-posts,.home-category-post:not(:has-text(/Martin Brinkmann|Mike Turcotte|Ashwin/))
    >> ghacks.net/2023/09/01/windows-11-development-overview-of-the-august-2023-changes/#comment-4573033

    By the way, if you use an RSS reader, you can track exactly where your comments are (I’m an iPad user, so I use “Feedly Classic”, but for Windows I prefer the desktop app “RSS Guard”).
    RSS Guard: Feed reader which supports RSS/ATOM/JSON and many web-based feed services.
    >> github.com/martinrotter/rssguard#readme

  7. Anonymous said on September 14, 2023 at 6:41 pm
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    We all live in digital surveillance glass houses under scrutiny of evil people because of people like Musk. It’s only fair that he takes his turn.

  8. Anonymous said on September 18, 2023 at 1:31 pm
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    “Operating systems will be required to let the user choose the browser, virtual assistant and search engine of their choice. Microsoft cannot force users to use Bing or Edge. Apple will have to open up its iOS operating system to allow third-party app stores, aka allow sideloading of apps. Google, on the other hand, will need to provide users with the ability to uninstall preloaded apps (bloatware) from Android devices. Online services will need to allow users to unsubscribe from their platform easily. Gatekeepers need to provide interoperability with third-parties that offer similar services.”

    Wonderful ! Let’s hope they’ll comply with that law more than they are doing with the GDPR.

  9. sean conner said on September 27, 2023 at 6:21 am
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  10. Sherry Grant said on September 29, 2023 at 7:47 pm
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    What does this article about Musk/Tesla have to do with computing, devices, phones?
    More irelevant filler.

  11. Anonymous said on September 29, 2023 at 8:47 pm
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    yeah sure… they are always the victims and it is only against them ????

    Believe them 100% and never question anything. This lawsuit sounds like the type you heard when people were eating batteries.

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