diff --git a/win-exp-suggester/README.md b/win-exp-suggester/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e3b5148
--- /dev/null
+++ b/win-exp-suggester/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,120 @@
+DESCRIPTION
+=========== 
+This tool compares a targets patch levels against the Microsoft vulnerability
+database in order to detect potential missing patches on the target. It also
+notifies the user if there are public exploits and Metasploit modules
+available for the missing bulletins.
+
+It requires the 'systeminfo' command output from a Windows host in order to
+compare that the Microsoft security bulletin database and determine the 
+patch level of the host.
+
+It has the ability to automatically download the security bulletin database
+from Microsoft with the --update flag, and saves it as an Excel spreadsheet.
+
+When looking at the command output, it is important to note that it assumes
+all vulnerabilities and then selectively removes them based upon the hotfix
+data. This can result in many false-positives, and it is key to know what
+software is actually running on the target host. For example, if there are
+known IIS exploits it will flag them even if IIS is not running on the
+target host.
+
+The output shows either public exploits (E), or Metasploit modules (M) as
+indicated by the character value. 
+
+It was heavily inspired by Linux_Exploit_Suggester by Pentura.
+
+Blog Post: "Introducing Windows Exploit Suggester", https://blog.gdssecurity.com/labs/2014/7/11/introducing-windows-exploit-suggester.html
+
+USAGE
+=====
+update the database
+```
+$ ./windows-exploit-suggester.py --update
+[*] initiating...
+[*] successfully requested base url
+[*] scraped ms download url
+[+] writing to file 2014-06-06-mssb.xlsx
+[*] done
+```
+install dependencies
+
+(install python-xlrd, $ pip install xlrd --upgrade)
+
+feed it "systeminfo" input, and point it to the microsoft database
+```
+$ ./windows-exploit-suggester.py --database 2014-06-06-mssb.xlsx --systeminfo win7sp1-systeminfo.txt 
+[*] initiating...
+[*] database file detected as xls or xlsx based on extension
+[*] reading from the systeminfo input file
+[*] querying database file for potential vulnerabilities
+[*] comparing the 15 hotfix(es) against the 173 potential bulletins(s)
+[*] there are now 168 remaining vulns
+[+] windows version identified as 'Windows 7 SP1 32-bit'
+[*] 
+[M] MS14-012: Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (2925418) - Critical
+[E] MS13-101: Vulnerabilities in Windows Kernel-Mode Drivers Could Allow Elevation of Privilege (2880430) - Important
+[M] MS13-090: Cumulative Security Update of ActiveX Kill Bits (2900986) - Critical
+[M] MS13-080: Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (2879017) - Critical
+[M] MS13-069: Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (2870699) - Critical
+[M] MS13-059: Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (2862772) - Critical
+[M] MS13-055: Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (2846071) - Critical
+[M] MS13-053: Vulnerabilities in Windows Kernel-Mode Drivers Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2850851) - Critical
+[M] MS13-009: Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (2792100) - Critical
+[M] MS13-005: Vulnerability in Windows Kernel-Mode Driver Could Allow Elevation of Privilege (2778930) - Important
+[*] done
+```
+
+possible exploits for an operating system can be used without hotfix data
+```
+$ ./windows-exploit-suggester.py --database 2014-06-06-mssb.xlsx --ostext 'windows server 2008 r2' 
+[*] initiating...
+[*] database file detected as xls or xlsx based on extension
+[*] getting OS information from command line text
+[*] querying database file for potential vulnerabilities
+[*] comparing the 0 hotfix(es) against the 196 potential bulletins(s)
+[*] there are now 196 remaining vulns
+[+] windows version identified as 'Windows 2008 R2 64-bit'
+[*] 
+[M] MS13-009: Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (2792100) - Critical
+[M] MS13-005: Vulnerability in Windows Kernel-Mode Driver Could Allow Elevation of Privilege (2778930) - Important
+[E] MS11-011: Vulnerabilities in Windows Kernel Could Allow Elevation of Privilege (2393802) - Important
+[M] MS10-073: Vulnerabilities in Windows Kernel-Mode Drivers Could Allow Elevation of Privilege (981957) - Important
+[M] MS10-061: Vulnerability in Print Spooler Service Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2347290) - Critical
+[E] MS10-059: Vulnerabilities in the Tracing Feature for Services Could Allow Elevation of Privilege (982799) - Important
+[E] MS10-047: Vulnerabilities in Windows Kernel Could Allow Elevation of Privilege (981852) - Important
+[M] MS10-002: Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (978207) - Critical
+[M] MS09-072: Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (976325) - Critical
+```
+
+LIMITATIONS
+===========
+Currently, if the 'systeminfo' command reveals 'File 1' as the output for
+the hotfixes, it will not be able to determine which are installed on
+the target. If this occurs, the list of hotfixes will need to be 
+retrieved from the target host and passed in using the --hotfixes flag
+
+It currently does not seperate 'editions' of the Windows OS such as
+'Tablet' or 'Media Center' for example, or different architectures, such as
+Itanium-based only
+
+False positives also occur where it assumes EVERYTHING is installed
+on the target Windows operating system. If you receive the 'File 1'
+output, try executing 'wmic qfe list full' and feed that as input
+with the --hotfixes flag, along with the 'systeminfo'
+
+LICENSE
+=======
+This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+(at your option) any later version.
+
+This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
diff --git a/win-exp-suggester/windows-exploit-suggester.py b/win-exp-suggester/windows-exploit-suggester.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..108c1b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/win-exp-suggester/windows-exploit-suggester.py
@@ -0,0 +1,1640 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+#
+# Windows Exploit Suggester
+# revision 3.3, 2017-02-13
+#
+# author: Sam Bertram, Gotham Digital Science
+# contact: labs@gdssecurity.com,sbertram@gdssecurity.com,sammbertram@gmail.com
+# blog post: "Introducing Windows Exploit Suggester", http://blog.gdssecurity.com/
+# 
+# DESCRIPTION
+# 
+# This tool compares a targets patch levels against the Microsoft vulnerability
+# database in order to detect potential missing patches on the target. It also
+# notifies the user if there are public exploits and Metasploit modules
+# available for the missing bulletins.
+#
+# It requires the 'systeminfo' command output from a Windows host in order to
+# compare that the Microsoft security bulletin database and determine the 
+# patch level of the host.
+#
+# It has the ability to automatically download the security bulletin database
+# from Microsoft with the --update flag, and saves it as an Excel spreadsheet.
+#
+# When looking at the command output, it is important to note that it assumes
+# all vulnerabilities and then selectively removes them based upon the hotfix
+# data. This can result in many false-positives, and it is key to know what
+# software is actually running on the target host. For example, if there are
+# known IIS exploits it will flag them even if IIS is not running on the
+# target host.
+#
+# The output shows either public exploits (E), or Metasploit modules (M) as
+# indicated by the character value. 
+#
+# It was heavily inspired by Linux_Exploit_Suggester by Pentura.
+#
+# Blog Post: "Introducing Windows Exploit Suggester", https://blog.gdssecurity.com/labs/2014/7/11/introducing-windows-exploit-suggester.html
+#
+# USAGE
+# 
+# update the database
+#
+# $ ./windows-exploit-suggester.py --update
+# [*] initiating...
+# [*] successfully requested base url
+# [*] scraped ms download url
+# [+] writing to file 2014-06-06-mssb.xlsx
+# [*] done
+#
+# install dependencies
+#
+# (install python-xlrd, $ pip install xlrd --upgrade)
+#
+# feed it "systeminfo" input, and point it to the microsoft database
+#
+# $ ./windows-exploit-suggester.py --database 2014-06-06-mssb.xlsx --systeminfo win7sp1-systeminfo.txt 
+# [*] initiating...
+# [*] database file detected as xls or xlsx based on extension
+# [*] reading from the systeminfo input file
+# [*] querying database file for potential vulnerabilities
+# [*] comparing the 15 hotfix(es) against the 173 potential bulletins(s)
+# [*] there are now 168 remaining vulns
+# [+] windows version identified as 'Windows 7 SP1 32-bit'
+# [*] 
+# [M] MS14-012: Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (2925418) - Critical
+# [E] MS13-101: Vulnerabilities in Windows Kernel-Mode Drivers Could Allow Elevation of Privilege (2880430) - Important
+# [M] MS13-090: Cumulative Security Update of ActiveX Kill Bits (2900986) - Critical
+# [M] MS13-080: Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (2879017) - Critical
+# [M] MS13-069: Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (2870699) - Critical
+# [M] MS13-059: Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (2862772) - Critical
+# [M] MS13-055: Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (2846071) - Critical
+# [M] MS13-053: Vulnerabilities in Windows Kernel-Mode Drivers Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2850851) - Critical
+# [M] MS13-009: Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (2792100) - Critical
+# [M] MS13-005: Vulnerability in Windows Kernel-Mode Driver Could Allow Elevation of Privilege (2778930) - Important
+# [*] done
+#
+# possible exploits for an operating system can be used without hotfix data
+# $ ./windows-exploit-suggester.py --database 2014-06-06-mssb.xlsx --ostext 'windows server 2008 r2' 
+# [*] initiating...
+# [*] database file detected as xls or xlsx based on extension
+# [*] getting OS information from command line text
+# [*] querying database file for potential vulnerabilities
+# [*] comparing the 0 hotfix(es) against the 196 potential bulletins(s)
+# [*] there are now 196 remaining vulns
+# [+] windows version identified as 'Windows 2008 R2 64-bit'
+# [*] 
+# [M] MS13-009: Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (2792100) - Critical
+# [M] MS13-005: Vulnerability in Windows Kernel-Mode Driver Could Allow Elevation of Privilege (2778930) - Important
+# [E] MS11-011: Vulnerabilities in Windows Kernel Could Allow Elevation of Privilege (2393802) - Important
+# [M] MS10-073: Vulnerabilities in Windows Kernel-Mode Drivers Could Allow Elevation of Privilege (981957) - Important
+# [M] MS10-061: Vulnerability in Print Spooler Service Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2347290) - Critical
+# [E] MS10-059: Vulnerabilities in the Tracing Feature for Services Could Allow Elevation of Privilege (982799) - Important
+# [E] MS10-047: Vulnerabilities in Windows Kernel Could Allow Elevation of Privilege (981852) - Important
+# [M] MS10-002: Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (978207) - Critical
+# [M] MS09-072: Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (976325) - Critical
+#
+# TROUBLESHOOTING
+#
+# If you're receiving the following error message, update the xlrd library
+# $ pip install xlrd --update
+#
+# [*] initiating winsploit version 24...
+# [*] database file detected as xls or xlsx based on extension
+# Traceback (most recent call last):
+# 	  File "windows-exploit-suggester/windows-exploit-suggester.py", line 1414, in <module>
+# 	      main()
+# 	        File "windows-exploit-suggester/windows-exploit-suggester.py", line 354, in main
+# 		    wb = xlrd.open_workbook(ARGS.database)
+# 		      File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/xlrd/__init__.py", line 370, in open_workbook
+# 		          biff_version = bk.getbof(XL_WORKBOOK_GLOBALS)
+# 			    File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/xlrd/__init__.py", line 1323, in getbof
+# 			        raise XLRDError('Expected BOF record; found 0x%04x' % opcode)
+# 			xlrd.biffh.XLRDError: Expected BOF record; found 0x4b50
+#
+# LIMITATIONS
+#
+# Currently, if the 'systeminfo' command reveals 'File 1' as the output for
+# the hotfixes, it will not be able to determine which are installed on
+# the target. If this occurs, the list of hotfixes will need to be 
+# retrieved from the target host and passed in using the --hotfixes flag
+#
+# It currently does not seperate 'editions' of the Windows OS such as
+# 'Tablet' or 'Media Center' for example, or different architectures, such as
+# Itanium-based only
+#
+# False positives also occur where it assumes EVERYTHING is installed
+# on the target Windows operating system. If you receive the 'File 1'
+# output, try executing 'wmic qfe list full' and feed that as input
+# with the --hotfixes flag, along with the 'systeminfo'
+#
+# LICENSE
+#
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#
+# TODOLIST
+#
+# TODO better if/then/case when detecting OS. more flexibility with parsing
+#     different systeminfo output
+# TODO seperate by editions? may result in false positives
+# TODO count the number of exploits in the summary prior to outputting it?
+# TODO finish -s --search function so that all info on an MS number can be
+#      returned
+# TODO add titles to exploit list so that it is more portable
+# TODO test for Windows RT systeminfo output
+# TODO improved msf/poc output? perhaps adding details on each MS number?
+# TODO if it's running on windows, then try and execute the systeminfo command?
+# TODO SPEED. this is now way too slow...  somewhat improved!
+# TODO automatically install python module? xlrd.
+# TODO manually override MS11-011 for Non-Affected Products. The bulletin
+# database is wrong.
+#  Windows 7 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 1
+#  Windows 7 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1
+#  Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1
+#  Windows Server 2008 R2 for Itanium-based Systems Service Pack 1
+#
+# CHANGE LOG
+# v33 2017-02-13
+# - added links to exploits and resources for each bulletins. can be ignored with the -q/--quiet flag
+# - hard coded ms11-011 to ignore false positives
+# - added additional resources
+#
+# v31 2016-02-10
+# - changed bulletin url, microsoft 404'd it
+#	
+# v30 2016-01-04
+# - added exploits and bulletins from the past six months
+#
+# v29 2015-09-16
+# - adding support for windows 10
+#
+# v28 2015-07-30
+# - added bulletin scraping for xlsx and xls files using regex. thanks to
+#   edebernis for reporting the bug
+# - added ms15-022, ms15-015 update to msf
+#
+# v27 2015-06-18
+# - added new bulletin url that is only xls and not xlsx. thanks to bstork for
+#   reporting the bug
+# - added ms15-010, ms15-051, and ms15-052
+#
+# v26 2015-06-02
+# - small bug fix with linked output
+# - added duplicates flag that can allow for bulletins to be displayed
+#   multiple times. this will allow for greater analysis on linked bulletins
+#
+# v25 2015-05-18
+# - added ms15-051 local priv
+#
+# v24 2015-01-30
+# - added --sub/-s command in order to display output of msids as linked
+#   this aides in demonstrating what patches need to be applied precisely. 
+#   this change was implemented in v23, but only followed the depth to level
+#   1 instead of the entire way.
+# - fixed a bug that know allows for multiple supercedes msids in the db
+# - allowed for getarchitecture to be recursive, and reduced redunancy when
+#   it is called throughout the program
+# - added ms14-070
+#
+# v23 2015-01-26
+# - typo in --local flag case (pontential vs potential). issue #5 closed. 
+#
+# v22 2015-01-23
+# - speed optimisations! it was too slow beforehand. realised i could easily
+#   make it a bit more efficient
+# 
+# v21 2015-01-22
+# - changed display formatting to include nested/linked MS numbers. makes it
+#   easier to determine the dependencies
+# - made args global
+# - changed some code formatting, including double-space instead of \t
+# - added some additional comments
+# - disable ANSI output if on windows platform 
+# - added recent exploits
+#
+# v20 2014-12-16
+# - added ms14-068,ms14-064,ms14-060, and ms14-058 to the internal vuln list
+#
+# v19 2014-10-08
+# - added support for windows server 2012, this includes ignoring the
+#   architecture for 2012, and forcing from 32-bit to 64-bit
+#
+# v18 2014-09-02
+# - added ms14-029 poc
+#
+# v17 2014-08-05
+# - fixed a bug where it would not detect OS version when a unicode char comes
+#   before search string
+#
+# v16 2014-07-28
+# - improved reading of various file encodings for systeminfo. now attempts to 
+#   detect the file first, otherwise loops through common encodings
+# - improved OS, service pack, architecture, and release detection. this is now
+#   not English-dependent as it was previously
+# - better architecture detection of systeminfo input (look for -based string)
+# - added /usr/bin/env python
+# - added ms14-035 poc
+#
+# v15 2014-07-15
+# - changed file open to io, and attempt to decode as utf-8; otherwise attempt
+#   utf-16
+#
+# v14 2014-07-13
+# - allowed for --ostext flag to properly supersede OS detection of systeminfo
+#   input
+#
+# v13a 2014-07-01
+# - added new msf flags for ms13-097, and ms14-009
+#
+# v12a 2014-06-06
+# - quick cleanup for release
+#
+# v11a 2014-05-02
+# - fixed the bulletin scrape regex for the update command. ms changed it
+#
+# v10a 2014-03-24
+# - added a hotfixes argument, that can be used to supplement the list
+#  of hotfixes detected in the systeminfo input
+# - added severity at the end of the output when reporting bulletins
+# - added a 'patches' argument, that can be used to determine any
+#  of the hotfixes for a specific bulletin. this is good for debugging.
+#
+# v09a 2014-03-18
+# - again, another massive bug on the linked kb searching function
+#   getlinkedms(). should be fixed now
+# - also checks columns 11 and 12 for superseded, i think it has to
+#   do with dos and *nix output
+#
+# v08a 2014-02-14
+# - bug where the superseded column wasn't being checked
+#   this may be because it's only xlsx and it parsed differently in csv
+# - added some new exploits from edb
+#
+# v07a 2014-02-12
+# - added indicator for os version, and in green
+# - better parsing of architecture for itanium based support
+#
+# v06a 2014-01-19
+# - added 'ostext' or 'o' option, when don't have any patch information
+#   but just know the OS
+#
+# v05a
+# - added a check for "Kernel version" column, as well as "OS version"
+#
+# v04a
+# - added support for XLSX files directly with the updated XLRD library, this
+#   requires the python-xlrd library to be installed and upgraded with:
+#   $ pip install xlrd --upgrade
+# - changed MS13-101 to E, as there isn't a metasploit module (yet!)
+#
+# v03a
+# - fixed an issue where component KB wasn't being checked
+#
+# FUNCTIONS
+#
+# def main():
+# def run(database):
+# def detect_encoding(filename):
+# def trace(database):
+# def patches(database):
+# def getversion(name, release, servicepack, architecture):
+# def getname(ostext):
+# def getrelease(ostext):    
+# def getservicepack(ostext):
+# def getarchitecture(ostext):
+# def getitanium(ostext):
+# def getpatch(ostext):
+# def getbulletinids(haystack):
+# def isaffected(name, release, servicepack, architecture, haystack):
+# def getlinkedms(msids, database):
+# def getexploit(msid = 0):
+# def update():
+# def merge_list(li):
+#
+import re
+import platform
+import argparse
+import subprocess
+import csv
+import StringIO
+import os
+import datetime
+import urllib2
+import io
+from random import randint
+from time import sleep
+from tempfile import NamedTemporaryFile
+from sys import exit
+
+# constants/globals
+MSSB_URL = 'http://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/download/confirmation.aspx?id=36982'
+BULLETIN_URL = 'http://download.microsoft.com/download/6/7/3/673E4349-1CA5-40B9-8879-095C72D5B49D/BulletinSearch.xlsx'
+VERSION = "3.3"
+
+# global parser
+parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="search microsoft security bulletins for exploits based upon the patch level of the machine by feeding in systeminfo command")
+parser.add_argument("-v", "--verbose", help="verbose output", action="store_true")
+parser.add_argument("-i", "--systeminfo", help="feed in an input file that contains the 'systeminfo' command")
+parser.add_argument("-d", "--database", help="the file that contains the microsoft security bulletin database")
+parser.add_argument("-u", "--update", help="required flag to even run the script", action="store_true")
+parser.add_argument("-a", "--audit", help="show all entries, not only exploits", action="store_true")
+parser.add_argument("-t", "--trace", help="used to determine linked ms bulletins")
+parser.add_argument("-p", "--patches", help="used to determine specific patches for a ms bulletin")
+parser.add_argument("-o", "--ostext", help="a loose text representation of the windows OS (ex: \"windows xp home edition sp2\")")
+parser.add_argument("-s", "--sub", help="generate output using linked/sub bulletins. WARNING: SLOW!", action="store_true")
+parser.add_argument("-2", "--duplicates", help="allow duplicate ms bulletin output within the results. this will produce a lot of output, but is useful when determining linked ms bulletins", action="store_true")
+parser.add_argument("-q", "--quiet", help="don't show exploit information. shorter output", action="store_true")
+# hotfixes
+# used to parse "wmic qfe list full" input, and to solve the 'File 1' errors
+parser.add_argument("-H", "--hotfixes", help="a loose list of hotfixes to be added, for use with the following command: 'wmic qfe list full'")
+
+# search by exploit type only
+exptypegroup = parser.add_mutually_exclusive_group()
+exptypegroup.add_argument("-r", "--remote", help="search remote exploits only", action="store_true")
+exptypegroup.add_argument("-l", "--local", help="search local exploits only", action="store_true")
+
+# global args parsed
+ARGS = parser.parse_args()
+
+def main():
+  ALERT("initiating winsploit version %s..." % VERSION)
+
+  database = ''
+
+  # if there is a database switch
+  if ARGS.database:
+
+    # split name and extension
+    name, extension = os.path.splitext(ARGS.database)
+
+    # csv
+    if 'csv' in extension:
+
+      ALERT("database file detected as csv based on extension", ALERT.NORMAL)
+
+      # attempt to open the file
+      try:
+        dbfile = open(ARGS.database, 'r')
+
+      except IOError, e:
+        ALERT("could not open the file %s" % filename, ALERT.BAD)
+        exit(1)
+
+      data = ''
+      for line in dbfile:
+        data += line
+      database = data
+
+      dbfile.close()
+
+    # xls or xslx
+    elif 'xls' in extension:
+
+      ALERT("database file detected as xls or xlsx based on extension", ALERT.NORMAL)
+
+      try:
+        import xlrd
+      except ImportError as e:
+        ALERT("please install and upgrade the python-xlrd library", ALERT.BAD)
+        exit(1)
+
+      # open the xls file
+      try:
+        wb = xlrd.open_workbook(ARGS.database)
+      except IOError as e:
+        ALERT("no such file or directory '%s'. ensure you have the correct database file passed in --database/-d" % ARGS.database, ALERT.BAD)
+        exit(1)
+      #sh = wb.sheet_by_name('Export Bulletin Search Spreadsh')
+      sh = wb.sheet_by_index(0)
+
+      # read the spreadsheet into a temp file
+      f = NamedTemporaryFile(mode='wb')
+      wr = csv.writer(f, quoting=csv.QUOTE_NONE, delimiter=',')
+
+      data = ''
+
+      # loop through xls
+      for rownum in xrange(sh.nrows):
+
+        values = sh.row_values(rownum)
+
+        # loop through row values, and process input
+        for i in range(len(values)):
+          values[i] = unicode(values[i]).encode('utf8')
+          values[i] = values[i].replace('\n',' ')
+          values[i] = values[i].replace(',','')
+          values[i] = values[i].replace('.0','')
+
+        data += ",".join(values)
+        data += '\n'
+  
+      # set the database to the csv data
+      database = data
+
+    # unknown filetype, error
+    else:
+      ALERT("unknown filetype. change file extension to indicate csv or xls/xlsx", ALERT.BAD)
+      exit(1)
+
+  if ARGS.trace: trace(database)
+  elif ARGS.systeminfo or ARGS.ostext: run(database)
+  elif ARGS.update: update()
+  elif ARGS.patches: patches(database)
+
+  # error
+  else:
+    ALERT("an error occured while running, not enough arguments", ALERT.BAD)
+    exit(1)
+
+  ALERT("done")
+  # end main()
+
+def run(database):
+
+  # variables used
+  ostext=None
+  name=None
+  release=None
+  servicepack=None
+    
+  # will default to 32-bit, but can be 64 bit or itanium
+  architecture=None
+
+  hotfixes=set([])
+  bulletinids=set([])
+
+  potential=[]
+  
+  vulns={}
+  ids=set([])
+
+  cmdoutput = []
+
+  # test for database
+  if not ARGS.database:
+    ALERT("please supply a MSSB database file with the --database or -d flag, this can be downloaded using the --update command", ALERT.BAD)
+    exit(1)
+
+  # read from ostext first
+  if ARGS.ostext:
+    ALERT("getting OS information from command line text")
+        
+    name=getname(ARGS.ostext)
+    release=getrelease(ARGS.ostext)
+    servicepack=getservicepack(ARGS.ostext)
+    architecture=getarchitecture(ARGS.ostext)
+    
+    # the os name at least has to be identified
+    if not name:
+      ALERT("unable to determine the windows version command line text from '%s'" % ARGS.ostext, ALERT.BAD)
+      exit(1)
+
+  # get the systeminfo information from the input file
+  if ARGS.systeminfo:
+
+    ALERT("attempting to read from the systeminfo input file")
+
+    # when reading the systeminfo file, we want to attempt to detect it using chardet
+    # if this doesn't work, we will loop through a list of common encodings and try them all
+    encodings = ['utf-8', 'utf-16', 'utf-16-le', 'utf-16-be', 'iso-8859-2']
+
+    detected_encoding =  detect_encoding(ARGS.systeminfo)
+
+    # insert detected encoding to the front of the list
+    if detected_encoding: 
+      if ARGS.verbose: ALERT("detected encoding of file as '%s'" % detected_encoding)
+      encodings.insert(0, detected_encoding)
+
+    cmdfile = None
+    cmdoutput = None
+    
+    # now loop through all encodings, with the detected one first (if it was possible)
+    for encoding in encodings:
+
+      if ARGS.verbose: ALERT("  attempting to read with '%s' encoding" % encoding)          
+
+      # if we can read the file, and read the command output, we are done with the loop
+      try: 
+        cmdfile = io.open(ARGS.systeminfo, "r", encoding=encoding) # throws UnicodeDecodeError      
+        cmdoutput = cmdfile.readlines() # throws UnicodeError
+        break
+
+      except (UnicodeError, UnicodeDecodeError) as e:
+        ALERT("could not read file using '%s' encoding: %s" % (encoding, e), ALERT.BAD)
+  
+      # file might not exist
+      except:
+        ALERT("could not read from input file specified: %s" % ARGS.systeminfo, ALERT.BAD)
+        exit(1)  
+
+    # general catchall if somehow it was able to keep processing
+    if not cmdfile or not cmdoutput:
+      ALERT("could not read from input file, or could not detect encoding", ALERT.BAD)
+      exit(1)
+    
+    # file read successfully
+    ALERT("systeminfo input file read successfully (%s)" % encoding, ALERT.GOOD)
+
+  # error
+  if not ARGS.systeminfo and not ARGS.ostext and platform.system() != 'Windows':
+    ALERT("please run from a Windows machine, or provide an input file using --systeminfo, or use the --ostext option to get data with no patch information", ALERT.BAD)
+    exit(1)
+
+  # parse the systeminfo information
+  hotfix=False
+
+  # loop through the systeminfo input
+  for haystack in cmdoutput:
+
+    # only attempt to set the version, arch, service pack if there is no
+    # ostext flag
+    if not ARGS.ostext:
+
+      # when detecting the operating system version, every line (independent of language)
+      # appears to have Microsoft Windows in it, sometimes with (R)
+      if "Microsoft" in haystack and "Windows" in haystack and not name:
+        name = getname(haystack)
+
+      # the windows release is similar to the above and has the text 'Microsoft Windows' in the text
+      if "Microsoft" in haystack and "Windows" in haystack and not release:
+        release = getrelease(haystack)
+
+      # similar to OS, there is the words 'Service Pack' 
+      if "Service Pack" in haystack and not servicepack:
+        servicepack = getservicepack(haystack)
+      
+      # get architecture only if -based is in the line, and --ostext hasn't been used
+      if "-based" in haystack and not architecture: 
+        architecture=getarchitecture(haystack)
+
+    # look for kbs
+    if ("KB" in haystack or "]: " in haystack):
+      patch=getpatch(haystack)
+      
+      # if a patch was parsed
+      if patch:
+        if ARGS.verbose: ALERT("found hotfix %s" % patch)
+        hotfixes.add(patch)
+
+  # now process the hotfixes argument input
+  if ARGS.hotfixes:
+
+    encodings = ['utf-8', 'utf-16', 'utf-16-le', 'utf-16-be', 'iso-8859-2']
+
+    detected_encoding =  detect_encoding(ARGS.systeminfo)
+
+    # insert detected encoding to the front of the list
+    if detected_encoding: 
+      if ARGS.verbose: ALERT("detected encoding of file as '%s'" % detected_encoding)
+      encodings.insert(0, detected_encoding)
+
+    cmdfile = None
+    hotfixesfile = None
+    
+    # now loop through all encodings, with the detected one first (if it was possible)
+    for encoding in encodings:
+
+      if ARGS.verbose: ALERT("  attempting to read with '%s' encoding" % encoding)          
+
+      # if we can read the file, and read the command output, we are done with the loop
+      try: 
+        cmdfile = io.open(ARGS.hotfixes, "r", encoding=encoding) # throws UnicodeDecodeError      
+        hotfixesfile = cmdfile.readlines() # throws UnicodeError
+        break
+
+      except (UnicodeError, UnicodeDecodeError) as e:
+        if ARGS.verbose: ALERT("could not read file using '%s' encoding: %s" % (encoding, e), ALERT.BAD)
+  
+      # file might not exist
+      except:
+        ALERT("could not read from input file specified: %s" % ARGS.hotfixes, ALERT.BAD)
+        exit(1)  
+
+    # general catchall if somehow it was able to keep processing
+    if not cmdfile or not hotfixesfile:
+      ALERT("could not read from input file, or could not detect encoding", ALERT.BAD)
+      exit(1)
+
+    # file read successfully
+    ALERT("hotfixes input file read successfully (%s)" % encoding, ALERT.GOOD)
+    
+    # loop through hotfixes file input
+    for haystack in hotfixesfile:
+      # look for kbs
+      if ("KB" in haystack or "]: " in haystack):
+        patch=getpatch(haystack)
+        
+        # if a patch was parsed
+        if patch:
+          if ARGS.verbose: ALERT("found hotfix %s" % patch)
+          hotfixes.add(patch)
+        
+  if ARGS.verbose:
+    ALERT("name: %s; release: %s; servicepack: %s; architecture: %s" % (name, release, servicepack, architecture))
+
+  # verify that a windows os was at least able to be parsed
+  if not name:
+    if ARGS.systeminfo:
+      ALERT("unable to determine the windows versions from the input file specified. consider using --ostext option to force detection (example: --ostext 'windows 7 sp1 64-bit')", ALERT.BAD)
+      exit(1)
+
+  if ARGS.verbose:
+    ALERT("name: %s" % name)
+    ALERT("release: %s" % release)
+    ALERT("service pack: %s" % servicepack)
+    ALERT("architecture: %s" % architecture)
+
+  ALERT("querying database file for potential vulnerabilities")
+
+  # potential, all matches within the CSV database for the name,release,sp,arch
+  # bulletinds, set of the above with MSIDs (good to keep count)
+
+  # get the potential bulletins
+  try:
+    for row in csv.reader(StringIO.StringIO(database)):
+      bulletinid=row[1]
+      affected=row[6]
+
+      if isaffected(name, release, servicepack, architecture, affected):
+        
+        # only add the bulletin if it's not already in the list
+        if bulletinid not in bulletinids:
+          potential.append(row)
+          bulletinids.add(bulletinid)
+
+          if ARGS.verbose:
+            ALERT("%s has been added to potential list '%s'" % (bulletinid, affected))
+            
+  except csv.Error, e:
+    ALERT('could not parse database file, make sure it is in the proper format', ALERT.BAD)
+    exit(1)
+         
+  # there should always be some potential vulns, because of the amount of windows software and false positives  
+  if len(bulletinid) == 0:
+    ALERT("there are no potential vulnerabilities for, ensure you're searching a valid windows OS", ALERT.BAD)
+    exit(1)
+
+  ALERT("comparing the %s hotfix(es) against the %s potential bulletins(s) with a database of %s known exploits" % (len(hotfixes), len(bulletinids), getexploit()))
+  
+  # start removing the vulns because of hotfixes
+  for row in list(potential):
+
+    # ms bulletin
+    bulletinid=row[1]
+    kb=row[2]
+    componentkb=row[7]
+
+    for hotfix in hotfixes:
+    
+      # if either the hotfixes match the kb or componentkb columns, and the bulletin is in the list
+      # of potential bulletins
+      if (hotfix == kb or hotfix == componentkb) and bulletinid in bulletinids:
+
+        if ARGS.verbose:
+          ALERT("  %s hotfix triggered a removal of %skb and the %s bulletin; componentkb is %s" % (hotfix,kb,bulletinid,componentkb))
+
+        # get the linked ms, this will automatically calculate the superseded by as well
+        linkedms = getlinkedms([bulletinid], csv.reader(StringIO.StringIO(database)))
+        linkedmsstr = ''
+        
+        # calculate the pretty string, only care when verbose
+        if len(linkedms) > 0:
+          for m in linkedms:
+            linkedmsstr += ' ' + m
+
+        if ARGS.verbose:
+        
+          if hotfix == kb:
+            ALERT("    due to presence of KB%s (Bulletin KB) removing%s bulletin(s)" % (kb, linkedmsstr))
+            
+          elif componentkb == kb:
+            ALERT("    due to presence of KB%s (Component KB) removing%s bulletin(s)" % (componentkb, linkedmsstr))
+
+        bulletinids = bulletinids.difference(linkedms)
+        potential.remove(row)
+
+  ALERT("there are now %s remaining vulns" % len(bulletinids))
+
+  # search local exploits only
+  if ARGS.local:
+    ALERT("searching for local exploits only")
+    for row in list(potential):
+      bulletinid = row[1]
+      impact = row[4]
+
+      if bulletinid in bulletinids and not "elevation of privilege" in impact.lower():
+
+        remove = getlinkedms([bulletinid], csv.reader(StringIO.StringIO(database)))
+        
+        if ARGS.verbose:
+          ALERT("   removing %s (total of %s MS ids), because of its impact %s" % (bulletinid, len(remove), impact))
+
+        bulletinids = bulletinids.difference(remove)
+        potential.remove(row)
+
+  # search remote exploits only
+  if ARGS.remote:
+    ALERT("searching for remote exploits only")
+    for row in list(potential):
+      bulletinid = row[1]
+      impact = row[4]
+
+      if bulletinid in bulletinids and not "remote code execution" in impact.lower():
+
+        remove = getlinkedms([bulletinid], csv.reader(StringIO.StringIO(database)))
+        
+        if ARGS.verbose:
+          ALERT("   removing %s (total of %s MS ids), because of its impact %s" % (bulletinid, len(remove), impact))
+
+        bulletinids = bulletinids.difference(remove)
+        potential.remove(row)
+  
+  # print windows version
+  version=getversion(name, release, servicepack, architecture)
+
+  ALERT("[E] exploitdb PoC, [M] Metasploit module, [*] missing bulletin", ALERT.GOOD)
+  ALERT("windows version identified as '%s'" % version, ALERT.GOOD)
+
+  # spacer
+  ALERT("")
+
+  # vulns, the dictionary of the bulletins based off of the potential bulletins
+  # also, a good opportunity to remove false-positives due to the
+  # differences in the technet post and bulletin
+  for row in potential:
+    id = row[1]
+
+    # start removing vulns because of false-positives
+    # Manual override for MS11-011 to reduce false positives. The article was updated, but the bulletin database wasn't (https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/security/ms11-011.aspx)
+    # V1.2 (March 18, 2011): Added Windows 7 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 1, Windows 7 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1, Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1, and Windows Server 2008 R2 for Itanium-based Systems Service Pack 1 to Non-Affected Software. This is an informational change only. There were no changes to the security update files or detection logic.
+    if id == 'MS11-011':
+        ms11_011 = ['Windows 7 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 1', 'Windows 7 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1', 'Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1','Windows Server 2008 R2 for Itanium-based Systems Service Pack 1']
+        for not_affected in ms11_011:
+            compare_version = getversion(getname(not_affected),getrelease(not_affected),getservicepack(not_affected),getarchitecture(not_affected))
+            if version == compare_version:
+                if ARGS.verbose: ALERT("Ignoring MS11-011 false positive due to it not affecting '%s'" % compare_version)
+                id = False
+        
+    for bulletinid in bulletinids:
+      if bulletinid == id:
+        title = row[5]
+        kb = row[2]
+        severity = row[3]
+        if id not in ids:
+          vulns[id] = [title,kb,severity]
+          ids.add(id)
+
+  # alerted, if a bulletin has been alerted to the user so that it doesn't appear twice
+  #          this occurs when a bulletin has multiple parents
+  # msids, the actual data for all of the relevant msids (the row from the CSV)
+  alerted = set()
+  msids = sorted(vulns, reverse=True)
+  
+  # loop through the bulletinids which is the set of the actual bulletins that are to
+  # be alerted
+  for msid in msids:
+
+    ## don't alert twice, no matter the case
+    if msid not in alerted: 
+
+      # get the msid, exploitability alert rating, and resources
+      m,exploit,resources = getexploit(msid)
+      
+      # only display the message, if the exploit flag isn't used
+      # or if it is used, and the alert level is MSF or EXP
+      if ARGS.audit or (exploit == ALERT.MSF or exploit == ALERT.EXP):
+
+        alert = ALERT.NORMAL
+        if exploit: alert = exploit
+      
+        ALERT("%s: %s (%s) - %s" % (msid, vulns[msid][0], vulns[msid][1], vulns[msid][2]), alert)
+        if resources and not ARGS.quiet:
+            for resource in resources:
+                ALERT("  %s" % resource)
+            ALERT("")
+                
+        alerted.add(msid)
+
+        # only attempt to display linked/sub msids based on cli arguments
+        if ARGS.sub:
+
+          # linked ms, the children of this msid
+          linked = set(getlinkedms([msid], csv.reader(StringIO.StringIO(database))))
+          linked = linked.intersection(msids)
+          
+	      # loop through the linked msids, and only display those that qualify and
+          # those that have not been alerted yet
+          for lmsid in sorted(linked, reverse=True):
+            if lmsid in msids and lmsid not in alerted:
+              lexploit = getexploit(lmsid)
+              lalert = ALERT.NORMAL
+              if ARGS.audit or (lexploit == ALERT.MSF or lexploit == ALERT.EXP):
+                if lexploit: lalert = lexploit
+                ALERT("|_%s: %s (%s) - %s" % (lmsid, vulns[lmsid][0], vulns[lmsid][1], vulns[lmsid][2]), lalert)
+                
+		# only allow duplicate events to be displayed when command-line args passed
+		if not ARGS.duplicates: alerted.add(lmsid)
+
+  # end run()
+
+
+# attempt to detect character encoding of a file
+# otherwise return None
+# https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3323770/character-detection-in-a-text-file-in-python-using-the-universal-encoding-detect
+def detect_encoding(filename):
+  try:
+    import chardet
+    data = open(filename, "r").read()
+    result = chardet.detect(data)
+    encoding = result['encoding']
+    return encoding
+  except:
+    return None
+
+# the trace command is used to determine linked MS bulletins
+# TODO much of this is duplicated from run(). should be merged
+def trace(database):
+
+  # convert to upper
+  bulletinid = ARGS.trace.upper()
+  ALERT("searching for bulletin id %s" % bulletinid)
+
+  # get linked msids
+  lmsids =  getlinkedms([bulletinid], csv.reader(StringIO.StringIO(database)))
+
+  msids = []
+
+  if ARGS.ostext: 
+    ALERT("getting OS information from command line text")
+
+    name=getname(ARGS.ostext)
+    release=getrelease(ARGS.ostext)
+    servicepack=getservicepack(ARGS.ostext)
+    architecture=getarchitecture(ARGS.ostext)
+
+    if ARGS.verbose:
+      ALERT("name: %s" % name)
+      ALERT("release: %s" % release)
+      ALERT("service pack: %s" % servicepack)
+      ALERT("architecture: %s" % architecture)
+
+    # the os name at least has to be identified
+    if not name:
+      ALERT("unable to determine the windows version command line text from '%s'" % ARGS.ostext, ALERT.BAD)
+      exit(1)
+
+    # get linked msids, loop through the row
+    for row in csv.reader(StringIO.StringIO(database)):
+      msid = row[1]
+      affected = row[6]
+
+      if msid in lmsids:  
+        # debug
+        #print ("%s,%s,%s,%s,%s,%s" % (msid, name, release, servicepack, architecture, affected))
+
+        if isaffected(name, release, servicepack, architecture, affected) and msid not in msids: msids.append(msid)
+    
+ 
+  else: msids = lmsids
+
+  ALERT("linked msids %s" % msids, ALERT.GOOD)
+
+  
+def patches(database):
+  
+  kbs = []
+
+  # convert to upper
+  bulletinid = ARGS.patches.upper()
+  ALERT("searching all kb's for bulletin id %s" % bulletinid)
+
+  # get linked msids, loop through the row
+  for row in csv.reader(StringIO.StringIO(database)):
+      
+    bulletinkb=row[2]
+    componentkb=row[7]
+    
+    # if there's a match
+    if bulletinid in row[1]:
+      kbs.append(bulletinkb)
+      kbs.append(componentkb)
+
+  ALERT("relevant kbs %s" % (sorted(set(kbs), reverse=True)), ALERT.GOOD)
+
+def getversion(name, release, servicepack, architecture):
+    
+  version = "Windows " + name
+
+  # append release first
+  if release: version += " R" + release
+      
+  # then service pack
+  if servicepack: version += " SP" + servicepack
+  
+  # architecture
+  if architecture == "Itanium":  version += " Itanium-based"
+  else: version += " %s-bit" % architecture
+    
+  return version
+
+
+def getname(ostext):
+
+  if ostext == False:
+    return False
+      
+  osname=False
+
+  osnamearray=[["xp","XP"],
+               ["2000","2000"],
+               ["2003","2003"],
+               ["vista","Vista"],
+               ["2008","2008"],
+               [" 7","7"],
+               [" 8","8"],
+               ["2012","2012"],
+               ["8.1","8.1"],
+               [" 10","10"]]
+
+  for needle in osnamearray:
+    ostext = ostext.lower()
+    if "windows" + needle[0] in ostext or "windows " + needle[0] in ostext or "server" + needle[0] in ostext or "server " + needle[0] in ostext:
+      osname = needle[1]
+
+  # the first loop is a more restrictive detection of the OS name, but it does not detect the following
+  # > Microsoft Windows\xFF7 Entreprise 
+  # so if there is no detection from the first attempt, then search on a more loosely based string of 
+  # needle and space
+  if not osname:
+    for needle in osnamearray:
+      if needle[0] + " " in ostext.lower():
+        osname = needle[1]
+
+  return osname
+
+
+def getrelease(ostext):    
+    
+  if ostext == False:
+    return False
+      
+  osrelease=False
+  
+  regex="( r| rc|release|rel)[ ]*(\d)"
+  m=re.search(regex, ostext.lower())
+  
+  if m and m.group(2):    
+    osrelease=m.group(2)
+      
+  return osrelease
+  
+def getservicepack(ostext):
+    
+  if ostext == False:
+    return False
+      
+  servicepack=False
+  
+  regex="(sp|pack|pack:)[ ]*(\d)"
+  m=re.search(regex, ostext.lower())
+  if m and m.group(2):
+    servicepack=m.group(2)
+
+  return servicepack
+
+
+ # architecture defaults to 32, but can be 64-bit
+ # or itanium based
+def getarchitecture(ostext):
+  
+  # default to 32-bit
+  architecture="32"
+
+  # haystack
+  s = ostext.lower()
+  
+  # attempt to be as flexible as possible
+  # matching '64-based', 'x64', ' 64', 'i64', '64bit', '64 bit', '64-bit'
+  if ("64-based" in s) or ("x64" in s) or (" 64" in s) or ("i64" in s) or ("64bit" in s) or ("64 bit" in s) or ("64-bit" in s): architecture="64"
+
+  # target Itanium with a simple search for 'tani'
+  if "tani" in s: architecture="Itanium"
+        
+  if getname(ostext) == "2008" and getrelease(ostext) == "2" and architecture == "32":
+    if ARGS.verbose:
+      ALERT("forcing unidentified architecture to 64-bit because OS identified as Windows 2008 R2 (although could be Itanium and wasn't detected?)")
+    architecture = "64"
+
+  # windows server 2012 is only 64-bit arch
+  if getname(ostext) == "2012" and architecture == "32":
+    if ARGS.verbose:
+      ALERT("forcing unidentified architecture to 64-bit because OS identified as Windows Server 2012 does not support 32-bit")
+    architecture = "64"  
+
+  return architecture
+
+# itanium build search string
+def getitanium(ostext):
+    
+  if ostext == False:
+    return False
+
+  regex="(tanium)"
+  m=re.search(regex, ostext.lower())
+
+  if m:
+    return True
+
+  return False
+
+def getpatch(ostext):
+    
+  patch=False
+  
+  regex="(\d){5,10}"
+  m=re.search(regex, ostext.lower())
+  if m and m.group():
+    patch=m.group()
+  
+  return patch
+
+# get the bulletin ids from the haystack
+# these are typically in the form of: 
+#   MS14-009[2898860]
+#   MS13-052[2833940],MS14-009[2898856]
+# will return a list if found, otherwise false
+def getbulletinids(haystack):
+  regex="MS[\d]{2,3}-[\d]{2,3}"
+  m = re.findall(regex, haystack)
+  if len(m) > 0: return m
+  return False
+
+def isaffected(name, release, servicepack, architecture, haystack):
+
+  if name == getname(haystack):
+
+    # ensure None are set to False
+    # example, if getservicepack() does not get called in the systeminfo parsing
+    # then servicepack will be None. this will then fail when comparing to False. 
+    if release == None: release = False
+    if servicepack == None: servicepack = False
+    if architecture == None: architecture = False
+
+#    print "%s,%s,%s,%s" % (name, release, servicepack, architecture)
+#    print "%s,%s,%s,%s" % (getname(haystack),getrelease(haystack),getservicepack(haystack),getarchitecture(haystack))
+
+    n = (name == getname(haystack))
+    r = (release == getrelease(haystack))
+    s = (servicepack == getservicepack(haystack))
+    a = (architecture == getarchitecture(haystack))
+
+    # we ignore the architecture for 2012 servers, as there is only 64-bit
+    if name == "2012": return r and s
+
+#    print "%s,%s,%s,%s,%s" % (name, release, servicepack, architecture, (a and r and s))
+
+    return a and r and s
+    
+# search entire database for linked msids
+# this will also search the superseded column (11)
+def getlinkedms(msids, database):
+
+  lmsids = []
+
+  # go through each row in the database
+  for row in database:
+  
+    # base MS-XX
+    rowid=row[1]
+    
+    # superseded MS-XX
+    
+    # first try row 12, and then row 11 for the supercedes column due to
+    # differences in csv and xlrd parsing. this was a bug that might be
+    # fixed now
+    rowidsuper = getbulletinids(row[12])
+    if rowidsuper == False: rowidsuper=getbulletinids(row[11])  
+    
+    rowidsuper = merge_list(rowidsuper)
+
+    # loop through each msid for each row
+    for msid in msids:
+      
+      # debug output, what we're working with
+      #print "%s,%s,%s" % (msid, rowid, rowidsuper)
+      # MS14-053,MS14-053,['MS13-052', 'MS14-009']
+      # MS14-053,MS14-053,['MS13-004']
+      # MS14-053,MS14-053,['MS13-004']
+      # MS14-053,MS14-053,['MS13-004']
+      # MS14-053,MS14-053,['MS13-004']
+      # MS14-053,MS14-053,[]
+
+      # if the msid matches the row, get the supercedes column (which is a list)
+      if msid == rowid or rowid in lmsids:
+        #print "%s,%s,%s" % (msid, rowid, rowidsuper)
+        lmsids.append(msid)
+        lmsids = lmsids + rowidsuper
+
+  return sorted(set(lmsids), reverse=True)
+
+# determines whether or not an msid is in a list of exploits. if msid = 0
+# then it will just return the count
+def getexploit(msid = 0):
+# search using searchsploit
+#MS Windows (ListBox/ComboBox Control) Local Exploit (MS03-045)        /windows/local/122.c
+#MS Windows Utility Manager Local SYSTEM Exploit (MS04-011)          /windows/local/271.c
+#MS Windows 2000 Utility Manager Privilege Elevation Exploit (MS04-019)    /windows/local/350.c
+#MS Windows 2K POSIX Subsystem Privilege Escalation Exploit (MS04-020)     /windows/local/351.c
+#MS Windows 2000 Universal Language Utility Manager Exploit (MS04-019)     /windows/local/352.c
+#MS Windows 2K/XP Task Scheduler .job Exploit (MS04-022)           /windows/local/353.c
+#MS Windows 2k Utility Manager (All-In-One) Exploit (MS04-019)         /windows/local/355.c
+#MS Windows XP Task Scheduler (.job) Universal Exploit (MS04-022)      /windows/local/368.c
+#MS Windows (HTA) Script Execution Exploit (MS05-016)            /windows/local/938.cpp
+#MS Windows COM Structured Storage Local Exploit (MS05-012)          /windows/local/1019.c
+#MS Windows CSRSS Local Privilege Escalation Exploit (MS05-018)        /windows/local/1198.c
+#MS Windows 2k Kernel APC Data-Free Local Escalation Exploit (MS05-055)    /windows/local/1407.c
+#MS Windows Telephony Service Command Execution Exploit (MS05-040)       /windows/local/1584.cpp
+#MS Windows (NtClose DeadLock) Vulnerability PoC (MS06-030)          /windows/local/1910.c
+#MS Windows XP/2K (Mrxsmb.sys) Privilege Escalation PoC (MS06-030)       /windows/local/1911.c
+#Microsoft IIS ASP Stack Overflow Exploit (MS06-034)             /windows/local/2056.c
+#MS Windows (Windows Kernel) Privilege Escalation Exploit (MS06-049)     /windows/local/2412.c
+#MS Windows GDI Local Privilege Escalation Exploit (MS07-017)        /windows/local/3688.c
+#MS Windows GDI Local Privilege Escalation Exploit (MS07-017) 2        /windows/local/3755.c
+#Kodak Image Viewer TIF/TIFF Code Execution Exploit PoC (MS07-055)       /windows/local/4584.c
+#Microsoft Office .WPS File Stack Overflow Exploit (MS08-011)        /windows/local/5107.c
+#Microsoft Office Excel Code Execution Exploit (MS08-014)          /windows/local/5287.txt
+#Microsoft Office XP SP3 PPT File Buffer Overflow Exploit (ms08-016)     /windows/local/5320.txt
+#MS Windows GDI Image Parsing Stack Overflow Exploit (MS08-021)        /windows/local/5442.cpp
+
+#MS Word Record Parsing Buffer Overflow (MS09-027)               /windows/local/14693.py
+#MS Excel Malformed FEATHEADER Record Exploit (MS09-067)           /windows/local/14706.py
+#MS Word Record Parsing Buffer Overflow MS09-027 (meta)            /windows/local/17177.rb
+#MS Internet Explorer Object Tag Exploit (MS03-020)              /windows/remote/37.pl
+#MS Windows Media Services Remote Exploit (MS03-022)             /windows/remote/48.c
+#Microsoft WordPerfect Document Converter Exploit (MS03-036)         /windows/remote/92.c
+#MS Windows (RPC DCOM) Scanner (MS03-039)                  /windows/remote/97.c
+#MS Windows (RPC DCOM) Long Filename Overflow Exploit (MS03-026)       /windows/remote/100.c
+#MS Windows (RPC DCOM2) Remote Exploit (MS03-039)              /windows/remote/103.c
+#MS Windows (RPC2) Universal Exploit & DoS (RPC3) (MS03-039)         /windows/remote/109.c
+#MS Windows 2000/XP Workstation Service Overflow (MS03-049)          /windows/remote/119.c
+#MS Frontpage Server Extensions fp30reg.dll Exploit (MS03-051)         /windows/remote/121.c
+#MS Windows Workstation Service WKSSVC Remote Exploit (MS03-049)       /windows/remote/123.c
+#MS Windows XP Workstation Service Remote Exploit (MS03-049)         /windows/remote/130.c
+#MS Windows Messenger Service Remote Exploit FR (MS03-043)           /windows/remote/135.c
+#MS Internet Explorer URL Injection in History List (MS04-004)         /windows/remote/151.txt
+#MS Windows IIS 5.0 SSL Remote buffer overflow Exploit (MS04-011)      /windows/remote/275.c
+#MS Windows Lsasrv.dll RPC Remote Buffer Overflow Exploit (MS04-011)     /windows/remote/293.c
+#MS Windows XP/2K Lsasrv.dll Remote Universal Exploit (MS04-011)       /windows/remote/295.c
+#MS Windows JPEG GDI+ Overflow Administrator Exploit (MS04-028)        /windows/remote/475.sh
+#MS Windows JPEG GDI+ Overflow Download Shellcode Exploit (MS04-028)     /windows/remote/478.c
+#MS Windows JPEG GDI+ Remote Heap Overflow Exploit (MS04-028)        /windows/remote/480.c
+#MS Windows Metafile (.emf) Heap Overflow Exploit (MS04-032)         /windows/remote/584.c
+#MS Windows Compressed Zipped Folders Exploit (MS04-034)           /windows/remote/640.c
+#MS Windows NetDDE Remote Buffer Overflow Exploit (MS04-031)         /windows/remote/734.c
+#MS Internet Explorer .ANI files handling Universal Exploit (MS05-002)     /windows/remote/765.c
+#MS Internet Explorer .ANI files handling Downloader Exploit (MS05-002)    /windows/remote/771.cpp
+#MS Exchange Server Remote Code Execution Exploit (MS05-021)         /windows/remote/947.pl
+#MS Outlook Express NNTP Buffer Overflow Exploit (MS05-030)          /windows/remote/1066.cpp
+#MS Windows Message Queuing BoF Universal Exploit (MS05-017) (v.0.3)     /windows/remote/1075.c
+#MS Internet Explorer (blnmgr.dll) COM Object Remote Exploit (MS05-038)    /windows/remote/1144.html
+#MS Windows Plug-and-Play Service Remote Overflow (MS05-039)         /windows/remote/1146.c
+#MS Windows Plug-and-Play Service Remote  Universal Exploit (MS05-039)     /windows/remote/1149.c
+#Microsoft Windows DTC Remote Exploit (PoC) (MS05-051) (updated)       /windows/remote/1352.cpp
+#Windows Media Player 7.1 <= 10 BMP Heap Overflow PoC (MS06-005) (2)     /windows/remote/1502.py
+#MS Windows Media Player 9 Plugin Overflow Exploit (MS06-006) (meta)     /windows/remote/1504.pm
+#MS Windows Media Player 10 Plugin Overflow Exploit (MS06-006)         /windows/remote/1505.html
+#MS Windows Color Management Module Overflow Exploit (MS05-036) (2)      /windows/remote/1506.c
+#MS Windows Media Player Plugin Overflow Exploit (MS06-006)(3)         /windows/remote/1520.pl
+#MS Windows RRAS Remote Stack Overflow Exploit (MS06-025)          /windows/remote/1940.pm
+#MS Windows RRAS RASMAN Registry Stack Overflow Exploit (MS06-025)       /windows/remote/1965.pm
+#MS Internet Explorer (MDAC) Remote Code Execution Exploit (MS06-014)    /windows/remote/2052.sh
+#MS Windows DHCP Client Broadcast Attack Exploit (MS06-036)          /windows/remote/2054.txt
+#MS Windows NetpIsRemote() Remote Overflow Exploit (MS06-040)        /windows/remote/2162.pm
+#Internet Explorer (MDAC) Remote Code Execution Exploit (MS06-014) (2)     /windows/remote/2164.pm
+#MS Windows CanonicalizePathName() Remote Exploit (MS06-040)         /windows/remote/2223.c
+#MS Windows NetpIsRemote() Remote Overflow Exploit (MS06-040) (2)      /windows/remote/2265.c
+#MS Windows NetpIsRemote() Remote Overflow Exploit (MS06-040) (2k3)      /windows/remote/2355.pm
+#MS Windows NetpManageIPCConnect Stack Overflow Exploit (MS06-070)       /windows/remote/2789.cpp
+#MS Windows Wkssvc NetrJoinDomain2 Stack Overflow Exploit (MS06-070)     /windows/remote/2800.cpp
+#MS Windows ASN.1 Remote Exploit (MS04-007)                  /windows/remote/3022.txt
+#MS Internet Explorer VML Remote Buffer Overflow Exploit (MS07-004)      /windows/remote/3137.html
+#MS Internet Explorer VML Download and Execute Exploit (MS07-004)      /windows/remote/3148.pl
+#MS Internet Explorer Recordset Double Free Memory Exploit (MS07-009)    /windows/remote/3577.html
+#MS Windows (.ANI) GDI Remote Elevation of Privilege Exploit (MS07-017)    /windows/remote/3804.txt
+#MS Internet Explorer <= 7 Remote Arbitrary File Rewrite PoC (MS07-027)    /windows/remote/3892.html
+#Microsoft Internet Explorer TIF/TIFF Code Execution (MS07-055)        /windows/remote/4616.pl
+#MS Windows Message Queuing Service RPC BOF Exploit (MS07-065)         /windows/remote/4745.cpp
+#MS Windows 2000 AS SP4 Message Queue Exploit (MS07-065)           /windows/remote/4760.txt
+#Windows Media Encoder wmex.dll ActiveX BOF Exploit (MS08-053)         /windows/remote/6454.html
+#MS Windows GDI (EMR_COLORMATCHTOTARGETW) Exploit MS08-021           /windows/remote/6656.txt
+#MS Windows Server Service Code Execution Exploit (MS08-067) (Univ)      /windows/remote/6841.txt
+#MS Windows Server Service Code Execution Exploit (MS08-067)         /windows/remote/7104.c
+#SmbRelay3 NTLM Replay Attack Tool/Exploit (MS08-068)            /windows/remote/7125.txt
+#MS Windows Server Service Code Execution Exploit (MS08-067) (2k/2k3)    /windows/remote/7132.py
+#Microsoft XML Core Services DTD Cross-Domain Scripting PoC MS08-069     /windows/remote/7196.html
+#MS Internet Explorer 7 Memory Corruption Exploit (MS09-002) (xp sp2)    /windows/remote/8079.html
+#MS Internet Explorer 7 Memory Corruption Exploit (MS09-002) (py)      /windows/remote/8080.py
+#MS Internet Explorer 7 Memory Corruption PoC (MS09-002) (win2k3sp2)     /windows/remote/8082.html
+#MS Internet Explorer 7 Memory Corruption Exploit (MS09-002) (fast)      /windows/remote/8152.py
+#Microsoft SRV2.SYS SMB Negotiate ProcessID Function Table Dereference (MS09-050) /windows/remote/14674.txt
+#Microsoft Services MS06-066 nwwks.dll                     /windows/remote/16369.rb
+#Microsoft Services MS06-066 nwapi32.dll                   /windows/remote/16373.rb
+#MS03-020 Internet Explorer Object Type                    /windows/remote/16581.rb
+#MS03-046 Exchange 2000 XEXCH50 Heap Overflow                /windows/remote/16820.rb
+
+# no ms number yet?
+#MS??-???,http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/30014/,P,??2914486
+  # bulletin, type, details
+  exploits = [
+
+    ['MS16-135', ALERT.EXP, [ # CVE-2016-7255
+    "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40745/ -- Microsoft Windows Kernel - win32k Denial of Service (MS16-135)",
+    "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41015/ -- Microsoft Windows Kernel - 'win32k.sys' 'NtSetWindowLongPtr' Privilege Escalation (MS16-135) (2)",
+    "https://github.com/tinysec/public/tree/master/CVE-2016-7255"]],
+
+    ['MS16-129', ALERT.EXP, [ # CVE 2016-7200, CVE-2016-7201
+    "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40990/ -- Microsoft Edge (Windows 10) - 'chakra.dll' Info Leak / Type Confusion Remote Code Execution",
+    "https://github.com/theori-io/chakra-2016-11"]],
+
+    ['MS16-098', ALERT.EXP, [
+    "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41020/ -- Microsoft Windows 8.1 (x64) - RGNOBJ Integer Overflow (MS16-098)"]],
+
+    ['MS16-075', ALERT.MSF, [
+    "https://github.com/foxglovesec/RottenPotato",
+	"https://github.com/Kevin-Robertson/Tater",
+	"https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=222 -- Windows: Local WebDAV NTLM Reflection Elevation of Privilege",
+    "https://foxglovesecurity.com/2016/01/16/hot-potato/ -- Hot Potato - Windows Privilege Escalation"]],
+
+    ['MS16-074', ALERT.EXP, [ # CVE 2016-3216
+     "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39990/ -- Windows - gdi32.dll Multiple DIB-Related EMF Record Handlers Heap-Based Out-of-Bounds Reads/Memory Disclosure (MS16-074), PoC",
+     "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39991/ -- Windows Kernel - ATMFD.DLL NamedEscape 0x250C Pool Corruption (MS16-074), PoC"]], # CVE 2016-3220
+
+    ['MS16-063', ALERT.EXP, [ # CVE 2016-0199
+     "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39994/ -- Internet Explorer 11 - Garbage Collector Attribute Type Confusion (MS16-063), PoC"]],
+
+    ['MS16-042', ALERT.EXP, [ # CVE 2016-0122
+     "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39694/ -- Microsoft Office Excel Out-of-Bounds Read Remote Code Execution (MS16-042), PoC"]],
+
+    ['MS16-059', ALERT.EXP, [ # CVE 2016-0185
+     "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39805/ -- Microsoft Windows Media Center - .MCL File Processing Remote Code Execution (MS16-059), PoC"]],
+
+    ['MS16-056', ALERT.EXP, [ # CVE-2015-1730
+     "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40881/ -- Microsoft Internet Explorer - jscript9 Java­Script­Stack­Walker Memory Corruption (MS15-056)",
+     "http://blog.skylined.nl/20161206001.html -- MSIE jscript9 Java­Script­Stack­Walker memory corruption"]],
+
+    ['MS16-032', ALERT.EXP, [ # CVE 2016-0099
+     "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40107/ -- MS16-032 Secondary Logon Handle Privilege Escalation, MSF",
+     "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39574/ -- Microsoft Windows 8.1/10 - Secondary Logon Standard Handles Missing Sanitization Privilege Escalation (MS16-032), PoC",
+     "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39719/ -- Microsoft Windows 7-10 & Server 2008-2012 (x32/x64) - Local Privilege Escalation (MS16-032) (PowerShell), PoC",
+     "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39809/ -- Microsoft Windows 7-10 & Server 2008-2012 (x32/x64) - Local Privilege Escalation (MS16-032) (C#)"]],
+
+    ['MS16-016', ALERT.MSF, [ # CVE 2016-0051
+     "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40085/ -- MS16-016 mrxdav.sys WebDav Local Privilege Escalation, MSF",
+     "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39788/ -- Microsoft Windows 7 - WebDAV Privilege Escalation Exploit (MS16-016) (2), PoC",
+     "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39432/ -- Microsoft Windows 7 SP1 x86 - WebDAV Privilege Escalation (MS16-016) (1), PoC"]],
+
+    ['MS16-014', ALERT.EXP, [ # CVE 2016-0400
+     "Windows 7 SP1 x86 - Privilege Escalation (MS16-014), https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40039/, PoC"]],
+
+    ['MS16-007', ALERT.EXP, [ # CVE 2016-0015, CVE 2016-0016
+     "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39232/ -- Microsoft Windows devenum.dll!DeviceMoniker::Load() - Heap Corruption Buffer Underflow (MS16-007), PoC",
+     "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39233/ -- Microsoft Office / COM Object DLL Planting with WMALFXGFXDSP.dll (MS-16-007), PoC"]],
+
+    ['MS15-134', ALERT.EXP, [ # CVE 2015-6131
+     "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/38911/ -- Microsoft Windows Media Center Library Parsing RCE Vulnerability aka self-executing' MCL File, PoC",
+     "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/38912/ -- Microsoft Windows Media Center Link File Incorrectly Resolved Reference, PoC",
+     "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/38918/ -- Microsoft Office / COM Object - 'els.dll' DLL Planting (MS15-134)",
+     "https://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=514 -- Microsoft Office / COM Object DLL Planting with els.dll"]],
+
+    ['MS15-132', ALERT.EXP, [ # CVE 2015-6132, CVE 2015-6128
+     "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/38968/ -- Microsoft Office / COM Object DLL Planting with comsvcs.dll Delay Load of mqrt.dll (MS15-132), PoC",
+     "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/38918/ -- Microsoft Office / COM Object els.dll DLL Planting (MS15-134), PoC"]],
+
+    ['MS15-112', ALERT.EXP, [ # CVE 2015-6086
+     "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39698/ -- Internet Explorer 9/10/11 - CDOMStringDataList::InitFromString Out-of-Bounds Read (MS15-112)"]],
+
+    ['MS15-111', ALERT.EXP, [ # CVE 2015-2553
+     "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/38474/ -- Windows 10 Sandboxed Mount Reparse Point Creation Mitigation Bypass (MS15-111), PoC"]],
+
+    ['MS15-102', ALERT.EXP, [ # CVE 2015-2524, CVE 2015-2525, CVE 2015-2528
+     "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/38202/ -- Windows CreateObjectTask SettingsSyncDiagnostics Privilege Escalation, PoC",
+     "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/38200/ -- Windows Task Scheduler DeleteExpiredTaskAfter File Deletion Privilege Escalation, PoC",
+     "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/38201/ -- Windows CreateObjectTask TileUserBroker Privilege Escalation, PoC"]],
+
+    ['MS15-100', ALERT.MSF, [ # CVE 2015-2509
+     "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/38195/ -- MS15-100 Microsoft Windows Media Center MCL Vulnerability, MSF",
+     "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/38151/ -- Windows Media Center - Command Execution (MS15-100), PoC"]],
+
+    ['MS15-097', ALERT.EXP, [ # CVE 2015-2508, CVE 2015-2527
+     "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/38198/ -- Windows 10 Build 10130 - User Mode Font Driver Thread Permissions Privilege Escalation, PoC",
+     "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/38199/ -- Windows NtUserGetClipboardAccessToken Token Leak, PoC"]],
+
+    ['MS15-078', ALERT.MSF, [ # CVE 2015-2426, CVE 2015-2433
+     "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/38222/ -- MS15-078 Microsoft Windows Font Driver Buffer Overflow"]],
+
+    ['MS15-052', ALERT.EXP, [ # CVE 2015-1674
+     "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/37052/ -- Windows - CNG.SYS Kernel Security Feature Bypass PoC (MS15-052), PoC"]],
+
+    ['MS15-051', ALERT.MSF, [ # CVE 2015-1701
+     "https://github.com/hfiref0x/CVE-2015-1701, Win32k Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability, PoC",
+     "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/37367/ -- Windows ClientCopyImage Win32k Exploit, MSF"]],
+
+    ['MS15-022', ALERT.EXP, [ # CVE 2015-0097
+     "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/37657/ -- Microsoft Word Local Machine Zone Remote Code Execution Vulnerability, PoC",
+     "https://github.com/offensive-security/exploit-database-bin-sploits/raw/master/sploits/37657.zip"]],
+
+    ['MS15-010', ALERT.EXP, [ # CVE 2015-0057
+     "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39035/ -- Microsoft Windows 8.1 - win32k Local Privilege Escalation (MS15-010), PoC",
+     "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/37098/ -- Microsoft Windows - Local Privilege Escalation (MS15-010), PoC",
+     "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39035/ -- Microsoft Windows win32k Local Privilege Escalation (MS15-010), PoC"]],
+
+    ['MS15-001', ALERT.EXP, [ # CVE 2015-0002
+     "http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/35661/ -- Windows 8.1 (32/64 bit) - Privilege Escalation (ahcache.sys/NtApphelpCacheControl), PoC"]],
+
+    ['MS14-070', ALERT.EXP, [ # CVE 2014 4076
+     "http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/35936/ -- Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP2 - Privilege Escalation, PoC"]],
+
+    ['MS14-068', ALERT.EXP, [ # CVE 2014-6324
+     "http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/35474/ -- Windows Kerberos - Elevation of Privilege (MS14-068), PoC"]],
+
+    ['MS14-064', ALERT.MSF, [ # CVE 2014-6332
+     "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/37800// -- Microsoft Windows HTA (HTML Application) - Remote Code Execution (MS14-064), PoC",
+     "http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/35308/ -- Internet Explorer OLE Pre-IE11 - Automation Array Remote Code Execution / Powershell VirtualAlloc (MS14-064), PoC",
+     "http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/35229/ -- Internet Explorer <= 11 - OLE Automation Array Remote Code Execution (#1), PoC",
+     "http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/35230/ -- Internet Explorer < 11 - OLE Automation Array Remote Code Execution (MSF), MSF",
+     "http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/35235/ -- MS14-064 Microsoft Windows OLE Package Manager Code Execution Through Python, MSF",
+     "http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/35236/ -- MS14-064 Microsoft Windows OLE Package Manager Code Execution, MSF"]],
+
+    ['MS14-062', ALERT.MSF, [ # CVE 2014-4971
+     "http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/34112/ -- Microsoft Windows XP SP3 MQAC.sys - Arbitrary Write Privilege Escalation, PoC",
+     "http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/34982/ -- Microsoft Bluetooth Personal Area Networking (BthPan.sys) Privilege Escalation"]],
+
+    ['MS14-060', ALERT.MSF, [ # CVE 2014-4114
+     "http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/35055/ -- Windows OLE - Remote Code Execution 'Sandworm' Exploit (MS14-060), PoC",
+     "http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/35020/ -- MS14-060 Microsoft Windows OLE Package Manager Code Execution, MSF"]],
+
+    ['MS14-058', ALERT.MSF, [ # CVE 2014-4113
+     "http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/35101/ -- Windows TrackPopupMenu Win32k NULL Pointer Dereference, MSF"]],
+
+    ['MS14-040', ALERT.EXP, [ # CVE 2014-1767
+     "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39525/ -- Microsoft Windows 7 x64 - afd.sys Privilege Escalation (MS14-040), PoC",
+     "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39446/ -- Microsoft Windows - afd.sys Dangling Pointer Privilege Escalation (MS14-040), PoC"]],
+
+    ['MS14-035', ALERT.EXP],
+    ['MS14-029', ALERT.EXP, [
+     "http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/34458/"]],
+
+    ['MS14-026', ALERT.EXP, [ # CVE 2014-1806
+     "http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/35280/, -- .NET Remoting Services Remote Command Execution, PoC"]],
+
+    ['MS14-017', ALERT.MSF],
+    ['MS14-012', ALERT.MSF],
+    ['MS14-009', ALERT.MSF],
+    ['MS14-002', ALERT.EXP],
+    ['MS13-101', ALERT.EXP],
+    ['MS13-097', ALERT.MSF],
+    ['MS13-096', ALERT.MSF],
+    ['MS13-090', ALERT.MSF],
+    ['MS13-080', ALERT.MSF],
+    ['MS13-071', ALERT.MSF],
+    ['MS13-069', ALERT.MSF],
+    ['MS13-067', ALERT.EXP],
+    ['MS13-059', ALERT.MSF],
+    ['MS13-055', ALERT.MSF],
+    ['MS13-053', ALERT.MSF],
+    ['MS13-009', ALERT.MSF],
+    ['MS13-005', ALERT.MSF],
+    ['MS12-037', ALERT.EXP, [ # CVE 2012-1876
+     "http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/35273/ -- Internet Explorer 8 - Fixed Col Span ID Full ASLR, DEP & EMET 5., PoC",
+     "http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/34815/ -- Internet Explorer 8 - Fixed Col Span ID Full ASLR, DEP & EMET 5.0 Bypass (MS12-037), PoC"]],
+
+    ['MS12-022', ALERT.MSF],
+    ['MS11-080', ALERT.MSF],
+    ['MS11-011', ALERT.EXP],
+    ['MS10-073', ALERT.MSF],
+    ['MS10-061', ALERT.MSF],
+    ['MS10-059', ALERT.EXP],
+    ['MS10-047', ALERT.EXP],
+    ['MS10-015', ALERT.MSF],
+    ['MS10-002', ALERT.MSF],
+    ['MS09-072', ALERT.MSF],
+    ['MS09-067', ALERT.MSF],
+    ['MS09-065', ALERT.MSF],
+    ['MS09-053', ALERT.MSF],
+    ['MS09-050', ALERT.MSF, [
+    "https://www.rapid7.com/db/modules/exploit/windows/smb/ms09_050_smb2_negotiate_func_index -- MS09-050 Microsoft SRV2.SYS SMB Negotiate ProcessID Function Table Dereference"]],
+    
+    ['MS09-050', ALERT.MSF],
+    ['MS09-043', ALERT.MSF],
+    ['MS09-020', ALERT.MSF],
+    ['MS09-004', ALERT.MSF],
+    ['MS09-002', ALERT.MSF],
+    ['MS09-001', ALERT.MSF],
+    ['MS08-078', ALERT.MSF],
+    ['MS08-070', ALERT.MSF],
+    ['MS08-067', ALERT.MSF],
+    ['MS08-067', ALERT.MSF],
+    ['MS08-053', ALERT.MSF],
+    ['MS08-041', ALERT.MSF],
+    ['MS08-025', ALERT.EXP],
+    ['MS07-065', ALERT.MSF],
+    ['MS07-065', ALERT.MSF],
+    ['MS07-064', ALERT.MSF],
+    ['MS07-029', ALERT.MSF],
+    ['MS07-029', ALERT.MSF],
+    ['MS07-017', ALERT.MSF],
+    ['MS06-071', ALERT.MSF],
+    ['MS06-070', ALERT.MSF],
+    ['MS06-070', ALERT.MSF],
+    ['MS06-067', ALERT.MSF],
+    ['MS06-066', ALERT.MSF],
+    ['MS06-066', ALERT.MSF],
+    ['MS06-063', ALERT.MSF],
+    ['MS06-057', ALERT.MSF],
+    ['MS06-055', ALERT.MSF],
+    ['MS06-049', ALERT.EXP],
+    ['MS06-040', ALERT.MSF],
+    ['MS06-040', ALERT.MSF],
+    ['MS06-035', ALERT.MSF],
+    ['MS06-025', ALERT.MSF],
+    ['MS06-025', ALERT.MSF],
+    ['MS06-019', ALERT.MSF],
+    ['MS06-013', ALERT.MSF],
+    ['MS06-001', ALERT.MSF],
+    ['MS05-054', ALERT.MSF],
+    ['MS05-047', ALERT.MSF],
+    ['MS05-039', ALERT.MSF],
+    ['MS05-039', ALERT.MSF],
+    ['MS05-030', ALERT.MSF],
+    ['MS05-017', ALERT.MSF],
+    ['MS05-017', ALERT.MSF],
+    ['MS04-045', ALERT.MSF],
+    ['MS04-031', ALERT.MSF],
+    ['MS04-031', ALERT.MSF],
+    ['MS04-011', ALERT.MSF],
+    ['MS04-011', ALERT.MSF],
+    ['MS04-007', ALERT.MSF],
+    ['MS04-007', ALERT.MSF],
+    ['MS03-051', ALERT.MSF],
+    ['MS03-049', ALERT.MSF],
+    ['MS03-049', ALERT.MSF],
+    ['MS03-046', ALERT.MSF],
+    ['MS03-026', ALERT.MSF],
+    ['MS03-026', ALERT.MSF],
+    ['MS03-022', ALERT.MSF],
+    ['MS03-020', ALERT.MSF],
+    ['MS03-007', ALERT.MSF],
+    ['MS02-065', ALERT.MSF],
+    ['MS02-063', ALERT.MSF],
+    ['MS02-056', ALERT.MSF],
+    ['MS02-039', ALERT.MSF],
+    ['MS02-018', ALERT.MSF],
+    ['MS01-033', ALERT.MSF],
+    ['MS01-026', ALERT.MSF],
+    ['MS01-023', ALERT.MSF],
+    ['MS00-094', ALERT.MSF]
+  ]
+
+  # return the count of exploits  
+  if msid == 0: return len(exploits)
+
+  for exploit in exploits:
+    if msid == exploit[0]:
+      # need 3 values to unpack, in case there are resources
+      if len(exploit) == 2: 
+          exploit.append(None)
+          return exploit
+      
+      # otherwise there are 3 values
+      return exploit
+  
+  return [False,False,False]
+
+# the update function
+def update():
+
+  # compute the filenames to be used
+  filenames = '%s-mssb' % datetime.datetime.now().strftime('%Y-%m-%d')
+  xlsFile = '%s.%s' % (filenames, 'xls')
+  csvFile = '%s.%s' % (filenames, 'csv')
+
+  # url request opener with user-agent
+  opener = urllib2.build_opener()
+  opener.addheaders = [('User-agent', 'Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/31.0.1650.57 Safari/537.36')]
+
+  # grab the new data from ms and scrape the site
+  #try:
+  #  response = opener.open(MSSB_URL)
+  #except urllib2.URLError, e:
+  #  ALERT("error getting url %s" % MSSB_URL, ALERT.BAD)
+  #  exit(1)
+  #
+  #ALERT("successfully requested base url")
+  
+  # 2016-02-10, ms changed link to http://download.microsoft.com/download/6/7/3/673E4349-1CA5-40B9-8879-095C72D5B49D/BulletinSearch.xlsx
+  #
+  # now parse the data, ensure we have an mssb link
+  # <td>BulletinSearch_20131111_151603.xlsx <span class="green-sniff-recommend">(recommended)</span></td>
+  #html = response.read()
+  #m = re.findall('url=(.*BulletinSearch.*.xls[x]*)', html)
+  # m = re.findall('href="(.*BulletinSearch.*.xlsx)"', html) # old bulletin request url, 20140502
+
+  # ensure we get the bulletin search
+  #if m and m[0]:
+  bulletinUrl = BULLETIN_URL
+  #  ALERT("scraped ms download url")
+    # if the file was xlsx, add an x to the extension
+  #  if "xlsx" in bulletinUrl: xlsFile += "x"
+  #else:
+  #  ALERT("error finding the ms download url from previous response", ALERT.BAD)
+  #  exit(1)
+    
+  # now download the mssb file, with a random sleep
+  try:    
+    #sleep(randint(1,3))
+    response = opener.open(bulletinUrl)
+  except urllib2.URLError, e:
+    ALERT("error getting ms sb url %s" % bulletinUrl, ALERT.BAD)
+    exit(1)
+    
+  bulletinData = response.read()
+  
+  ALERT("writing to file %s" % xlsFile, ALERT.GOOD)
+  f = open(xlsFile, 'wb')
+  f.write(bulletinData)
+  f.close
+
+# modified ALERT class for exploit and metasploit level logging
+class ALERT(object):
+  
+  def __init__(self, message, level=0, ansi=True):
+
+    # default to ansi alerting, if it's detected as windows platform then disable
+    if platform.system() is "Windows": ansi = False
+
+    good = '[+]'
+    bad = '[-]'
+    normal = '[*]'
+  
+    msf = '[M]'
+    exploit = '[E]'
+    
+    if ansi == True:
+      if level == ALERT.GOOD: print("%s%s%s" % ('\033[1;32m',good,"\033[0;0m")),
+      elif level == ALERT.BAD: print("%s%s%s" % ('\033[1;31m',bad,"\033[0;0m")),
+      elif level == ALERT.MSF: print("%s%s%s" % ('\033[1;32m',msf,"\033[0;0m")),
+      elif level == ALERT.EXP: print("%s%s%s" % ('\033[1;32m',exploit,"\033[0;0m")),
+      else: print("%s%s%s" % ('\033[1;34m',normal,"\033[0;0m")),
+      
+    else:
+      if level == ALERT.GOOD: print('%s' % good),
+      elif level == ALERT.BAD: print('%s' % bad),
+      elif level == ALERT.MSF: print('%s' % msf),
+      elif level == ALERT.EXP: print('%s' % exploit),
+      else: print('%s' % normal),
+      
+    print message
+  
+  @staticmethod
+  @property
+  def BAD(self): return -1
+    
+  @staticmethod
+  @property
+  def NORMAL(self): return 0
+    
+  @staticmethod
+  @property
+  def GOOD(self): return 1
+    
+  @staticmethod
+  @property
+  def MSF(self): return 2
+    
+  @staticmethod
+  @property
+  def EXP(self): return 3
+
+# this helper function will merge a list of lists into one sorted set
+def merge_list(li):
+  s = []
+  if li:
+    for l in li:
+        if isinstance(l, list): s = s + l
+        else: s.append(l)
+  return s
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+  main()
+