Microsoft released a new set of security patches with the June 2022 Patch Tuesday edition. In this month’s security advisory, Microsoft patched a total of 55 vulnerabilities including the Windows MSDT ‘Follina’ zero-day vulnerability (CVE-2022-30190). Out of these 55 vulnerabilities, three vulnerabilities were classified as Critical as they allow Remote Code Execution (RCE). Microsoft … Continue reading “Microsoft Patches 55 Vulnerabilities Including One Zero-day and Three Critical in the June 2022 Patch Tuesday”
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Microsoft Windows Support Diagnostic Tool (MSDT) Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (CVE-2022-30190)
Security researchers have discovered a new zero-day vulnerability in Microsoft Office, via Microsoft Support Diagnostic Tool (MSDT), that could be exploited to achieve code execution on affected systems simply by opening a malicious Word document. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2022-30190, was discovered by a Japanese security researcher nao_sec, who tweeted a warning about the … Continue reading “Microsoft Windows Support Diagnostic Tool (MSDT) Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (CVE-2022-30190)”
Microsoft addresses 70 vulnerabilities in February 2022 Patch Tuesday
Microsoft addresses 70 vulnerabilities in their February 2022 Patch Tuesday release. While none of the vulnerabilities in this month’s Microsoft release cycle have been assigned as critical risk, several have been given a high-risk rating (CVSSv3.1 score of 7.0 – 8.9). As of this writing, none of this month’s list of vulnerabilities is known to … Continue reading “Microsoft addresses 70 vulnerabilities in February 2022 Patch Tuesday”
MS Office DDE Attacks
Dynamic Data Exchange (DDE) is a protocol for exchanging messages between applications that refer shared data. The data can be exchanged on a one-time basis or as a continuous stream. DDE is not limited to just data exchange, it also allows applications to executed other external application within their process space. This feature has been … Continue reading “MS Office DDE Attacks”