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Microsoft Patches 38 Windows Vulnerabilities

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Microsoft Patches 38 Windows Vulnerabilities

As part of its regular, monthly Patch Tuesday update, Microsoft has released patches for 81 new vulnerabilities, including a zero-day in the .NET Framework. 27 vulnerabilities have been rated as critical, while 39 vulnerabilities allow remote code execution.

For this September, Microsoft is only shipping security updates with patches to the following product groups:

  • Browsers (IE and Edge)
  • Windows Platforms (Desktop and Server)
  • Microsoft Office (including Web Apps), Skype for Business and Exchange Server
  • Adobe Flash Players
  • The .NET Development Framework

In addition to the critical updates for .NET, Windows and Adobe Flash Player this month, Microsoft has published a short list of known issues found at these knowledge base articles (4038792, 4038793, and 4011050).

The release also includes information of a spoofing vulnerability in the Windows Bluetooth driver (CVE-2017-8628), which has been disclosed as part of the BlueBorne batch of vulnerabilities. The flaw was actually patched silently in July, but Microsoft chose to delay releasing details about it until other vendors could develop and release updates.

And Just in case you’re using Microsoft’s browsers, be it Internet Explorer or Edge in Windows 10, you should know that more than 22 critical vulnerabilities are affecting these applications, with the majority being aimed at the Scripting Engine.

Critical updates to IE and Edge which include:

  • Updates to Internet Explorer 11’s navigation bar with search box.
  • Addressed issue in Internet Explorer where undo is broken if character conversion is canceled using IME.
  • Addressed issue in Internet Explorer where graphics render incorrectly.
  • Addressed issue in Internet Explorer where the Delete key functioned improperly.
  • Re-release of MS16-087- Security update for Windows print spooler components.
  • Security updates to Microsoft Graphics Component, Windows kernel-mode drivers, Windows shell, Microsoft Uniscribe, Microsoft Windows PDF Library, Windows TPM, Windows Hyper-V, Windows kernel, Windows DHCP Server and Internet Explorer.

If you by any reason you are unable to deploy this patch in a timely manner, you may want to review Microsoft’s instructions on mitigating this security vulnerability found here.

The zero-day is tracked under the identifier of CVE-2017-8759 and is a remote code execution vulnerability that affects the .NET Framework.

Below is a table listing of all the 82 security issues fixed this month ,you can use Microsoft’s official Security Update Guide, available here.

Product CVE ID CVE Title
.NET Framework CVE-2017-8759 .NET Framework Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Adobe Flash Player ADV170013 September 2017 Flash Security Update
Device Guard CVE-2017-8746 Device Guard Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability
HoloLens CVE-2017-9417 Broadcom BCM43xx Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Internet Explorer CVE-2017-8749 Internet Explorer Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Internet Explorer CVE-2017-8747 Internet Explorer Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Internet Explorer CVE-2017-8733 Internet Explorer Spoofing Vulnerability
Microsoft Bluetooth Driver CVE-2017-8628 Microsoft Bluetooth Driver Spoofing Vulnerability
Microsoft Browsers CVE-2017-8736 Microsoft Browser Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Microsoft Browsers CVE-2017-8750 Microsoft Browser Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Microsoft Edge CVE-2017-8757 Microsoft Edge Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Microsoft Edge CVE-2017-8597 Microsoft Edge Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Microsoft Edge CVE-2017-8723 Microsoft Edge Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability
Microsoft Edge CVE-2017-11766 Microsoft Edge Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Microsoft Edge CVE-2017-8643 Microsoft Edge Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Microsoft Edge CVE-2017-8648 Microsoft Edge Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Microsoft Edge CVE-2017-8735 Microsoft Edge Spoofing Vulnerability
Microsoft Edge CVE-2017-8755 Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Microsoft Edge CVE-2017-8754 Microsoft Edge Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability
Microsoft Edge CVE-2017-8751 Microsoft Edge Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Microsoft Edge CVE-2017-8734 Microsoft Edge Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Microsoft Edge CVE-2017-8724 Microsoft Edge Spoofing Vulnerability
Microsoft Edge CVE-2017-8731 Microsoft Edge Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Microsoft Edge CVE-2017-8756 Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Microsoft Exchange Server CVE-2017-11761 Microsoft Exchange Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Microsoft Exchange Server CVE-2017-8758 Microsoft Exchange Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
Microsoft Graphics Component CVE-2017-8688 Windows GDI+ Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Microsoft Graphics Component CVE-2017-8685 Windows GDI+ Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Microsoft Graphics Component CVE-2017-8695 Graphics Component Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Microsoft Graphics Component CVE-2017-8683 Win32k Graphics Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Microsoft Graphics Component CVE-2017-8696 Microsoft Graphics Component Remote Code Execution
Microsoft Graphics Component CVE-2017-8684 Windows GDI+ Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Microsoft Graphics Component CVE-2017-8682 Win32k Graphics Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Microsoft Graphics Component CVE-2017-8720 Win32k Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Microsoft Graphics Component CVE-2017-8676 Windows GDI+ Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Microsoft Office CVE-2017-8632 Microsoft Office Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Microsoft Office CVE-2017-8725 Microsoft Office Publisher Remote Code Execution
Microsoft Office CVE-2017-8630 Microsoft Office Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Microsoft Office CVE-2017-8743 PowerPoint Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Microsoft Office CVE-2017-8742 PowerPoint Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Microsoft Office CVE-2017-8745 Microsoft SharePoint Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability
Microsoft Office CVE-2017-8744 Microsoft Office Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Microsoft Office CVE-2017-8567 Microsoft Office Remote Code Execution
Microsoft Office ADV170015 Microsoft Office Defense in Depth Update
Microsoft Office CVE-2017-8629 Microsoft SharePoint XSS Vulnerability
Microsoft Office CVE-2017-8631 Microsoft Office Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Microsoft Scripting Engine CVE-2017-8738 Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Microsoft Scripting Engine CVE-2017-8729 Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Microsoft Scripting Engine CVE-2017-8739 Scripting Engine Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Microsoft Scripting Engine CVE-2017-8740 Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Microsoft Scripting Engine CVE-2017-8741 Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Microsoft Scripting Engine CVE-2017-8649 Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Microsoft Scripting Engine CVE-2017-8660 Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Microsoft Scripting Engine CVE-2017-8748 Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Microsoft Scripting Engine CVE-2017-11764 Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Microsoft Scripting Engine CVE-2017-8752 Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Microsoft Scripting Engine CVE-2017-8753 Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Microsoft Uniscribe CVE-2017-8692 Uniscribe Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Microsoft Windows CVE-2017-8699 Windows Shell Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Microsoft Windows CVE-2017-8710 Windows Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Microsoft Windows CVE-2017-8716 Windows Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability
Microsoft Windows CVE-2017-8702 Windows Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Microsoft Windows PDF CVE-2017-8737 Microsoft PDF Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Microsoft Windows PDF CVE-2017-8728 Microsoft PDF Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Windows DHCP Server CVE-2017-8686 Windows DHCP Server Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Windows Hyper-V CVE-2017-8712 Hyper-V Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Windows Hyper-V CVE-2017-8713 Hyper-V Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Windows Hyper-V CVE-2017-8714 Remote Desktop Virtual Host Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Windows Hyper-V CVE-2017-8711 Hyper-V Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Windows Hyper-V CVE-2017-8707 Hyper-V Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Windows Hyper-V CVE-2017-8704 Hyper-V Denial of Service Vulnerability
Windows Hyper-V CVE-2017-8706 Hyper-V Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Windows Kernel CVE-2017-8719 Windows Kernel Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Windows Kernel CVE-2017-8708 Windows Kernel Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Windows Kernel CVE-2017-8679 Windows Kernel Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Windows Kernel CVE-2017-8709 Windows Kernel Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Windows Kernel-Mode Drivers CVE-2017-8687 Win32k Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Windows Kernel-Mode Drivers CVE-2017-8681 Win32k Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Windows Kernel-Mode Drivers CVE-2017-8675 Win32k Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Windows Kernel-Mode Drivers CVE-2017-8678 Win32k Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Windows Kernel-Mode Drivers CVE-2017-8677 Win32k Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Windows Kernel-Mode Drivers CVE-2017-8680 Win32k Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Windows NetBIOS CVE-2017-0161 NetBIOS Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

 

 

Pardon has been a technology enthusiast his entire life and has spent the better part of last decades in information technology and security, and he writes with an aim to remove some of the "mysticism" from the cyber world. He’s the Editor at Techunzipped. Away from the keyboard, you're likely to find him playing with the latest gadgets or the latest Game.

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