Microsoft announces patch for Actively Exploited Windows Zero-Day Vulnerability
By MYBRANDBOOK
Microsoft has pushed software fixes as part of its monthly Patch Tuesday release cycle to plug 66 security holes affecting Windows and other components such as Azure, Office, BitLocker, and Visual Studio, including an actively exploited zero-day in its MSHTML Platform that came to light last week.
Of the 66 flaws, three are rated Critical, 62 are rated Important, and one is rated Moderate in severity. This is aside from the 20 vulnerabilities in the Chromium-based Microsoft Edge browser that the company addressed since the start of the month.
The most important of the updates concerns a patch for CVE-2021-40444 (CVSS score: 8.8), an actively exploited remote code execution vulnerability in MSHTML that leverages malware-laced Microsoft Office documents, with EXPMON researchers noting "the exploit uses logical flaws so the exploitation is perfectly reliable."
Also addressed is a publicly disclosed, but not actively exploited, zero-day flaw in Windows DNS. Designated as CVE-2021-36968, the elevation of privilege vulnerability is rated 7.8 in severity.
Other flaws of note resolved by Microsoft involve a number of remote code execution bugs in Open Management Infrastructure (CVE-2021-38647), Windows WLAN AutoConfig Service (CVE-2021-36965), Office (CVE-2021-38659), Visual Studio (CVE-2021-36952), and Word (CVE-2021-38656) as well as a memory corruption flaw in Windows Scripting Engine (CVE-2021-26435).
The Windows maker has rectified three privilege escalation flaws newly uncovered in its Print Spooler service (CVE-2021-38667, CVE-2021-38671, and CVE-2021-40447), while CVE-2021-36975 and CVE-2021-38639 (CVSS scores: 7.8), both of which relate to an elevation of privilege vulnerabilities in Win32k, are listed as 'exploitation more likely,' making it imperative that users move quickly to apply the security updates.
Singapore to remove One-Time Passwords from Bank Accounts
According to the Monetary Authority of Singapore, clients who utilise secur...
Is 375 million Airtel subscribers database breached?
When a hacker claims to have accessed and put up for sale a customer databa...
The government of India intends to construct a single portal f
A single portal will be launched by the Indian government to list all of it...
OpenAI offers GPT-4o, a faster model available to all users at
GPT-4o, a faster and more sophisticated AI model, is made available to all...
ICONS OF INDIA : RAJIV MEMANI
As Chair of the EY Global Emerging Markets Committee, Rajiv connects e...
Icons Of India : NEERAJ MITTAL
He started his career as an IAS Officer in 1992. He has held various a...
Icons Of India : Kumar Mangalam Birla
Aditya Birla Group chairman Kumar Mangalam Birla recently made a comeb...
HPCL - Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd.
HPCL is an integrated oil and gas company involved in refining, market...
DRDO - Defence Research and Development Organisation
DRDO responsible for the development of technology for use by the mili...
C-DAC - Centre for Development of Advanced Computing
C-DAC is uniquely positioned in the field of advanced computing...
Indian Tech Talent Excelling The Tech World - JAY CHAUDHRY, CEO – Zscaler
Jay Chaudhry, an Indian-American technology entrepreneur, is the CEO a...
Indian Tech Talent Excelling The Tech World - Anirudh Devgan , President, Cadence Design
Anirudh Devgan, the Global President and CEO of Cadence Design Systems...
Indian Tech Talent Excelling The Tech World - Lal Karsanbhai, President & CEO, Emerson
Lal Karsanbhai, President and CEO of Emerson, assumed the leadership i...