Microsoft has released security fixes for several vulnerabilities including patches for zero-day vulnerabilities in its March 2022 Patch Tuesday. Microsoft addresses 92 vulnerabilities in their March 2022 Patch Tuesday release. Out of these 92 vulnerabilities, three (3) are rated as critical. The release also includes fixes for three (3) publicly disclosed zero-day vulnerabilities. As of … Continue reading “Microsoft Patches 92 Vulnerabilities in March 2022 Patch Tuesday including 3 Zero-days”
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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”
Microsoft Windows security update for January 2022 addresses 126 Vulnerabilities with 9 rated as Critical
Microsoft patched 126 vulnerabilities in their January 2022 Patch Tuesday release. Out of these, nine are rated as critical severity. As of this writing, none of the 126 vulnerabilities are known to be actively exploited. Microsoft has fixed problems in their software including Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerabilities, privilege escalation security flaws, spoofing bugs, … Continue reading “Microsoft Windows security update for January 2022 addresses 126 Vulnerabilities with 9 rated as Critical”
Microsoft Windows security update for October 2021 addresses four zero-days and 71 flaws
Microsoft October 2021 patch Tuesday has arrived with the latest updates! In this month’s security update, Microsoft has fixed a total of 74 flaws including four zero-day vulnerabilities. Out of these 74 vulnerabilities, three are classified as Critical, 70 as Important, and one as Low. This update covers the products such as Microsoft Office, Exchange Server, MSHTML, Visual Studio, and the Edge … Continue reading “Microsoft Windows security update for October 2021 addresses four zero-days and 71 flaws”
Microsoft Windows Critical RCE Vulnerability – Bad Neighbor (CVE-2020-16898)
Multiple vulnerabilities were addressed in Microsoft Patch Tuesday, October 2020. This blog discusses the most critical one out of them – CVE-2020-16898, which makes TCP/IP driver of Windows vulnerable. It eventually causes Denial of Service (DoS) and is said to be a potential Remote Code Execution (RCE), if mixed with other exploits. This CVE is … Continue reading “Microsoft Windows Critical RCE Vulnerability – Bad Neighbor (CVE-2020-16898)”
Microsoft Windows Codec Library RCE Vulnerabilities (CVE-2020-1425, CVE-2020-1457)
Summary: Microsoft released emergency fixes ahead of the July 2020 Patch Tuesday to address two critical Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerabilities. Description: According to advisories, Abdul-Aziz Hariri of Trend Micro’s Zero Day initiative observed and reported two RCE vulnerabilities, CVE-2020-1425 and CVE-2020-1457, to Microsoft. Both CVEs are related to Microsoft Windows Codecs Library and affect … Continue reading “Microsoft Windows Codec Library RCE Vulnerabilities (CVE-2020-1425, CVE-2020-1457)”
Oracle Solaris Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability (CVE-2020-2944)
Summary: An unusual buffer overflow vulnerability. that allows LPE was observed prior to April’s PT (patch-tuesday) in various Oracle Solaris platform. The researcher have published a POC publicly that was acclaimed by Oracle as well for CVE-2020-2944. Description: A buffer overflow in the _SanityCheck() function in the Common Desktop Environment version distributed with Oracle Solaris … Continue reading “Oracle Solaris Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability (CVE-2020-2944)”
