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71 Vulnerabilities, 4 Zero-days Fixed On Patch Tuesday

In the patch Tuesday for October, Microsoft released fixes for 71 vulnerabilities, one of which was actively exploited and found in Win32k.

While the fixed zero-day bugs CVE-2021-40449, CVE-2021-41338, CVE-2021-40469, and CVE-2021-41335 are being tracked, CVE-2021-40449 with a CVSS severity of 7.8 is actively exploited.

Three other zero-day bugs include CVE-2021-41338, a bug in the Windows AppContainer Firewall with a CVSS severity of 5.5 that allows attackers to bypass security features, CVE-2021-40469, an RCE in the Windows DNS Server with a CVSS severity of 7.2, and finally CVE-2021-41335, an elevated privilege bug with a CVSS severity of 7.8 found in the Windows Kernel.

Other bugs that have been fixed are three critical bugs, CVE-2021-40486, CVE-2021-38672, and CVE-2021-40461. While the first flaw impacts Microsoft Word, the other two flaws affect Hyper-V.

However, in cases where they are exploited, they can all lead to remote code execution.

IT World Canada Staff
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