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  • June Patch Tuesday resolves Windows zero-day

    2 weeks ago | techtarget.com | Tom Walat

    Admins have a relatively mild patching workload with one Windows zero-day exploited in the wild corrected on June Patch Tuesday. This month, Microsoft addressed 66 vulnerabilities in its products and patched three non-Microsoft CVEs. Of the 66 total Microsoft CVEs, nine were rated critical with the remainder listed as important.

  • Microsoft tackles 5 Windows zero-days on May Patch Tuesday

    1 month ago | techtarget.com | Tom Walat

    The company addresses 72 unique CVEs this month, but several AI features bundled in a larger-than-usual update could bog down some networks.

  • ランサムウェアに悪用された“Windowsの穴”とは？ パッチで直らない脆弱性も：Microsoftが公開した126件の脆弱性

    1 month ago | techtarget.itmedia.co.jp | Tom Walat

    不正利用が明らかになったゼロデイ脆弱性（修正プログラムが提供される前の脆弱性）は以下の通り。 CVE-2025-29824 Windowsのログ取得機能「Common Log File System」（CLFS：共通ログファイルシステム）の権限昇格（EoP：Elevation of Privilege）につながる脆弱性 CVSSスコアは7.8、深刻度は「重要」 この脆弱性は、WindowsおよびサーバOS「Windows Server」に関係する。2025年4月9日（現地時間）には、32bit版と「x64」ベースの「Windows 10」向けパッチが公開された。 物理的に、もしくはリモートアクセスツール経由でローカルマシンにアクセスできる攻撃者は、Windowsの標準ユーザーアカウントを使ってエクスプロイト（脆弱性悪用プログラム）を使用できる。 セキュリティベンダーIvanti...

  • Exploited Windows zero-day addressed on April Patch Tuesday

    2 months ago | techtarget.com | Tom Walat

    3 vulnerabilities will require extra work In some instances, applying the Microsoft security updates will not completely stop a threat. Administrators must take additional steps with mitigations for three vulnerabilities this month to keep their Windows systems safe. The first is a Windows Kerberos elevation-of-privilege vulnerability, CVE-2025-26647, rated important with an 8.1 CVSS score. This flaw only affects Windows Server systems.

  • March Patch Tuesday fixes 6 Windows zero-day exploits

    Mar 11, 2025 | techtarget.com | Tom Walat

    All the vulnerabilities that had been actively exploited in the wild will get resolved quickly by deploying the Windows cumulative update for this month.

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