Microsoft today said it will release nine security updates next week, twice the number of last month, with fixes slated for Internet Explorer (IE), Windows, SharePoint Server and Web app developer tools.

Three of the nine were rated “critical,” Microsoft’s most serious threat ranking. Five others were tagged “important,” the next step down in the company’s four-level scoring system, while the ninth was labeled “moderate.”

Five of the updates were identified as fixing vulnerabilities that, if exploited, could result in “remote code execution,” or in plainer English, let hackers compromise a system and install malware on the machine. Three others were to patch less dire “elevation of privilege” bugs.

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