Microsoft has released security updates for 60 vulnerabilities in its March 2024 Patch Tuesday rollout. There are two Critical vulnerabilities patched (CVE-2024-21407 and CVE-2024-21408), both of which affect the Hyper-V hypervisor. March 2024 Risk Analysis This month’s leading risk type is elevation of privilege (40%) followed by remote code execution (30%) and a tie between … [Read more...] about March 2024 Patch Tuesday: Updates and Analysis
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February 2024 Patch Tuesday: Updates and Analysis
Microsoft has released security updates for 73 vulnerabilities for its February 2024 Patch Tuesday rollout. These include two actively exploited zero-days (CVE-2024-21412 and CVE-2024-21351), both of which are security feature bypass flaws. Five of the vulnerabilities addressed today are rated Critical while the remaining 68 are rated Important or Moderate. February 2024 Risk … [Read more...] about February 2024 Patch Tuesday: Updates and Analysis
November Patch Tuesday 2023: Updates and Analysis
Microsoft has released security updates for 58 vulnerabilities, including five zero-days, three of which are being actively exploited. One of the zero-days (CVE-2023-36025) is a Windows SmartScreen Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability, the second (CVE-2023-36033) is a privilege escalation vulnerability in the Windows DWM Core Library, and the third (CVE-2023-36036) is another … [Read more...] about November Patch Tuesday 2023: Updates and Analysis
October 2023 Patch Tuesday: Updates and Analysis
This month marks the 20th anniversary of Patch Tuesday, and Microsoft has released security updates for 104 vulnerabilities, including three zero-days. One of the zero-days (CVE-2023-41763) is an elevation of privilege vulnerability in Microsoft Skype for Business. The second (CVE-2023-36563) is an information disclosure vulnerability in Microsoft WordPad, and the third … [Read more...] about October 2023 Patch Tuesday: Updates and Analysis
August 2023 Patch Tuesday: Updates and Analysis
Microsoft has released security updates for 76 vulnerabilities and two zero-days for its August 2023 Patch Tuesday rollout. One of the zero-days (CVE-2023-38180) is a denial-of-service vulnerability in .NET and Visual Studio. The other zero-day (CVE-2023-36884) received a Defense in Depth update to mitigate a flaw under active attack; however, it is not a patch. Six of the … [Read more...] about August 2023 Patch Tuesday: Updates and Analysis
July 2023 Patch Tuesday: Updates and Analysis
Microsoft has released security updates for 131 vulnerabilities and a disclosure for one yet-unpatched vulnerability for its July 2023 Patch Tuesday rollout: 9 are rated as Critical while the remaining 122 are rated as Important. There is one vulnerability without a severity rating. July 2023 Risk Analysis This month’s leading risk type is remote code execution (28%), followed … [Read more...] about July 2023 Patch Tuesday: Updates and Analysis
June Patch Tuesday 2023: Updates and Analysis
Microsoft has released 78 security patches for its June 2023 Patch Tuesday rollout. Of the vulnerabilities patched today, 6 are classified as Critical and 38 are remote code execution (RCE) flaws. June 2023 Risk Analysis This month’s leading risk type is remote code execution (41%), followed by elevation of privilege at nearly 22% and a tie for denial of service and spoofing … [Read more...] about June Patch Tuesday 2023: Updates and Analysis
February Patch Tuesday 2023: Updates and Analysis
Microsoft has released 75 security patches for its February 2023 Patch Tuesday rollout: 9 vulnerabilities are rated Critical, and the remaining 66 are rated Important. Three actively exploited vulnerabilities were reported by the vendor: an elevation of privilege within Windows Common Log File System Driver (CVE-2023-23376), a security feature bypass in Microsoft Office … [Read more...] about February Patch Tuesday 2023: Updates and Analysis
Microsoft Issues January 2023 Patch Tuesday Updates, Warns of Zero-Day Exploit
The first Patch Tuesday fixes shipped by Microsoft for 2023 have addressed a total of 98 security flaws, including one bug that the company said is being actively exploited in the wild. 11 of the 98 issues are rated Critical and 87 are rated Important in severity, with one of the vulnerabilities also listed as publicly known at the time of release. Separately, the Windows maker … [Read more...] about Microsoft Issues January 2023 Patch Tuesday Updates, Warns of Zero-Day Exploit
October Patch Tuesday 2022: Updates and Analysis
Microsoft has released 84 security patches for its October 2022 Patch Tuesday rollout. Of these, 13 vulnerabilities are rated Critical, while the remaining 71 are rated Important. It should be noted that this month’s patching update does not include patches for ProxyNotShell, despite the active exploitation of two related vulnerabilities; CrowdStrike offers recommendations on … [Read more...] about October Patch Tuesday 2022: Updates and Analysis