Microsoft’s April security update includes fixes for 74 CVEs, including two vulnerabilities that are actively exploited in the wild. Of the vulnerabilities patched in this update, 13 are rated Critical and 61 are rated Important.
Read More Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday for March addressed 64 vulnerabilities, 17 of which were rated critical, 45 important, one moderate, and another low in severity. Two of these vulnerabilities, CVE-2019-0797 and CVE-2019-0808, were reported to have been actively exploited in the wild. The patches addressed security flaws in a number of Microsoft products and services: .NET Framework, Edge, Exchange, Internet Explorer, Office, Office Services and Web Apps, NuGet, Team Foundation Server, and Windows. Seven of the vulnerabilities were disclosed via Trend Micro’s Zero Day Initiative (ZDI).
Read More Microsoft released 77 updates, along with three new advisories, in this month’s Patch Tuesday. The bulletin patches four publicly known bugs, rated Important, and one that is under active attack. It includes fixes for ChakraCore, Edge, Exchange Server, Internet Explorer (IE), Microsoft Windows, Office and Microsoft Office Services and Web Apps, Azure, Team Foundation Services, and the .NET Framework.
Read More Microsoft starts off 2019 relatively smoothly with 49 security patches and two advisories — seven of these vulnerabilities were rated Critical and 40 were Important. Ten of these were disclosed through the Zero Day Initiative (ZDI) program.
Read More The just-released Patch Tuesday for December includes a fix for the actively exploited Win32k Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability (CVE-2018-8611). The flaw allows an attacker to exploit a bug in the Windows Kernel and run arbitrary code to install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights. It is also pointed out as likely being used with other bugs in targeted attacks.
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