Microsoft Patch Tuesday
In today’s SensCy Cyber Brief, your SensCy team reviewed Microsoft’s latest series of patches released on Tuesday, December 10, 2024. This month Microsoft fixes 1 zero-days, all actively exploited, and 71 flaws.
What is Patch Tuesday?
Patch Tuesday is Microsoft’s initiative to release new security fixes for the Windows operating system and any other Microsoft software on a monthly basis. Your SensCy team will monitor such releases and provide you with our observations and recommendations.
Why is it important?
This month’s patch Tuesday is critical because it fixes critical vulnerabilities. The SensCy team recommends Microsoft users install those patches immediately.
Below is actively exploited zero-day vulnerabilities.
CVE-2024-49138 – Windows Common Log File System Driver Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
In addition to the zero-day fixes, Microsoft is fixing 89 other vulnerabilities. Here is a breakdown of each vulnerability category:
- 30 Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities
- 27 Elevation of Privilege Vulnerabilities
- 7 Information Disclosure Vulnerabilities
- 5 Denial of Service Vulnerabilities
- 1 Spoofing Vulnerabilities
For more information on vulnerabilities and the system that it affects, please refer to the full report from Microsoft linked here.
