Microsoft’s August Patch Tuesday updates are out, and they address a range of vulnerabilities across multiple products. Let’s dive into the key updates and their implications. Microsoft Patch Tuesday for August 2024 Microsoft Patch's Tuesday, August 2024 edition addressed 102 vulnerabilities, including nine critical and 77 important severity vulnerabilities. In this month's updates, Microsoft has addressed six actively exploited vulnerabilities, along with three publicly disclosed zero-day vulnerabilities (CVE-2024-21302, CVE-2024-38202, and CVE-2024-38199). There is a tenth publicly disclosed zero-day vulnerability (CVE-2024-38200) for which Microsoft has not released any patch. Microsoft has addressed 12 vulnerabilities in Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based), which were patched earlier this month. Microsoft Patch Tuesday, August edition includes updates for vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office and Components, Microsoft Windows DNS, Windows TCP/IP, Microsoft Teams, Windows Secure Boot, Windows Secure Kernel Mode, Windows Security Center, Windows SmartScreen, Windows App Installer, Windows Scripting, and more. Microsoft has fixed several flaws in multiple software, including Spoofing, Denial of Service (DoS), Elevation of Privilege (EoP), Cross-site Scripting (XSS), Information Disclosure, Security Feature Bypass, and Remote Code Execution (RCE). The August 2024 Microsoft vulnerabilities are classified as follows: Vulnerability Category| Quantity| Severities —|—|— Spoofing…Read More