Microsoft has released its May edition of Patch Tuesday. Let's take a deep dive into the crucial insights from Microsoft's Patch Tuesday updates for May 2024. Microsoft Patch Tuesday for May 2024 Microsoft Patch Tuesday's May 2024 edition addressed 67 vulnerabilities, including one critical and 59 important severity vulnerabilities. In this month's security updates, Microsoft has addressed two zero-day vulnerabilities known to be exploited in the wild. Microsoft also addressed five vulnerabilities in Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based). The vulnerabilities have been patched earlier this month. Microsoft Patch Tuesday, May edition includes updates for vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office and Components, Power BI, Visual Studio, Windows Cloud Files Mini Filter Driver, Windows Common Log File System Driver, Windows Cryptographic Services, and more. Microsoft has fixed several flaws in multiple software, including Denial of Service (DoS), Elevation of Privilege (EoP), Information Disclosure, Remote Code Execution (RCE), Security Feature Bypass, and Spoofing. The May 2024 Microsoft vulnerabilities are classified as follows: Vulnerability Category| Quantity| Severities —|—|— Spoofing Vulnerability| 4| Important: 4 Denial of Service Vulnerability| 3| Important: 3 Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability| 17| Important: 17 Information Disclosure Vulnerability| 7| Important: 7 Remote Code Execution Vulnerability| 27| Critical: 1 Important: 26 Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability| 2|…Read More
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