Critical Vulnerabilities revealed in Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday
Critical Vulnerabilities revealed in Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday
THREAT LEVEL: Red.
For a detailed advisory, download the pdf file here.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been patched by Microsoft in August 2021 Patch Tuesday. Three of them have been labeled as zero-day vulnerabilities (CVE-2021-36936, CVE-2021-36942, and CVE-2021-36948). One of them (CVE-2021-36948) has already been exploited in the wild. The attacker is yet to be identified. Microsoft has classified six vulnerabilities as critical, and patches for all of them are now available.
Vulnerability Details
Patch Links
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/vulnerability/CVE-2021-36948
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/vulnerability/CVE-2021-34530
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/vulnerability/CVE-2021-34534
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/vulnerability/CVE-2021-36936
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/vulnerability/CVE-2021-26432
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/vulnerability/CVE-2021-34480
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/vulnerability/CVE-2021-34535
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/vulnerability/CVE-2021-26424
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/vulnerability/CVE-2021-36942
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