Microsoft has released their monthly security bulletin with 48 security patches—25 of which are labeled Critical, 21 are Important, and two are Moderate in severity. This was a standard batch of updates, addressing issues in Internet Explorer, Microsoft Edge, Windows, Microsoft SharePoint, Adobe Flash Player and Microsoft SQL Server.

A majority of the critical CVEs are Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerabilities, which is not surprising. Since April of this year, we’ve been seeing a steady increase in vulnerabilities for the Scripting Engine. Typically, in a web-based attack scenario, an attacker would leverage Scripting Engine vulnerabilities to create a malicious website and then maneuver users to visit the site. This current batch of critical vulnerabilities could result in remote code execution if exploited successfully.