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Today’s VERT Alert addresses Microsoft’s May 2024 Security Updates. VERT is actively working on coverage for these vulnerabilities and expects to ship ASPL-1106 as soon as coverage is completed.
In-The-Wild & Disclosed CVEs
CVE-2024-30040
Up first this month, we have a security feature bypass in MSHTML. More specifically, we have an Object Linking...
Today’s VERT Alert addresses Microsoft’s April 2024 Security Updates. VERT is actively working on coverage for these vulnerabilities and expects to ship ASPL-1101 as soon as coverage is completed.
In-The-Wild & Disclosed CVEs
CVE-2024-26234
This CVE describes a Proxy Driver Spoofing Vulnerability that, thanks to Microsoft’s new CWE listings, we know...
Today’s VERT Alert addresses Microsoft’s March 2024 Security Updates. VERT is actively working on coverage for these vulnerabilities and expects to ship ASPL-1097 as soon as coverage is completed.
In-The-Wild & Disclosed CVEs
There were no in-the-wild or disclosed CVEs included in the March Patch Tuesday release.
CVE Breakdown by Tag
While...
Today’s VERT Alert addresses Microsoft’s February 2024 Security Updates. VERT is actively working on coverage for these vulnerabilities and expects to ship ASPL-1093 as soon as coverage is completed.
In-The-Wild & Disclosed CVEs
CVE-2024-21351
This CVE describes a bypass in the Windows SmartScreen Security Feature. At this point, these bypasses have...
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Today’s VERT Alert addresses Microsoft’s January 2024 Security Updates. VERT is actively working on coverage for these vulnerabilities and expects to ship ASPL-1088 as soon as coverage is completed.
In-The-Wild & Disclosed CVEs
There were no in-the-wild or disclosed CVEs included in the January Patch Tuesday drop.
CVE Breakdown by Tag
While...
Today’s VERT Alert addresses Microsoft’s December 2023 Security Updates. VERT is actively working on coverage for these vulnerabilities and expects to ship ASPL-1086 on Wednesday, December 13th.
In-The-Wild & Disclosed CVEs
CVE-2023-20588
AMD has released AMD-SB-7007 – Speculative Leaks Security Notice, which describes how some AMD processors can...
Today’s VERT Alert addresses Microsoft’s November 2023 Security Updates. VERT is actively working on coverage for these vulnerabilities and expects to ship ASPL-1082 on Wednesday, November 15th.
In-The-Wild & Disclosed CVEs
CVE-2023-36033
A vulnerability in the Microsoft Desktop Window Manager (DWM) could allow an attacker to gain SYSTEM level...
Today’s VERT Alert addresses Microsoft’s October 2023 Security Updates, which includes a recently introduced release notes format. VERT is actively working on coverage for these vulnerabilities and expects to ship ASPL-1077 on Wednesday, October 11th.
In-The-Wild & Disclosed CVEs
CVE-2023-41763
While this vulnerability is labeled as a Skype for...
Today’s VERT Alert addresses Microsoft’s September 2023 Security Updates, which includes a recently introduced release notes format. VERT is actively working on coverage for these vulnerabilities and expects to ship ASPL-1073 on Wednesday, September 13th.
In-The-Wild & Disclosed CVEs
CVE-2023-36761
Microsoft has indicated that a vulnerability...
Today’s VERT Alert addresses Microsoft’s August 2023 Security Updates, which includes a recently introduced release notes format. VERT is actively working on coverage for these vulnerabilities and expects to ship ASPL-1068 on Wednesday, August 9th.
In-The-Wild & Disclosed CVEs
CVE-2023-38180
A vulnerability in Kestrel could allow for a denial of...
Today’s VERT Alert addresses Microsoft’s July 2023 Security Updates, which include a new release notes format. VERT is actively working on coverage for these vulnerabilities and expects to ship ASPL-1064 on Wednesday, July 12th.
In-The-Wild & Disclosed CVEs
CVE-2023-32046
A vulnerability in MSHTML could allow an attacker to execute code in the...
Today’s VERT Alert addresses Microsoft’s June 2023 Security Updates, which include a new release notes format. VERT is actively working on coverage for these vulnerabilities and expects to ship ASPL-1060 on Wednesday, June 14th.
In-The-Wild & Disclosed CVEs
There were no in-the-wild or disclosed CVEs in the June Patch Tuesday drop. CVE Breakdown by...
Today’s VERT Alert addresses Microsoft’s May 2023 Security Updates, which include a new release notes format. VERT is actively working on coverage for these vulnerabilities and expects to ship ASPL-1055 on Wednesday, May 10th.
In-The-Wild & Disclosed CVEs
CVE-2023-29336
Up first this month is a vulnerability reported by Avast in Win32k. This...
Today’s VERT Alert addresses Microsoft’s April 2023 Security Updates. VERT is actively working on coverage for these vulnerabilities and expects to ship ASPL-1050 on Wednesday, April 12th.
In-The-Wild & Disclosed CVEs
CVE-2023-28252
A vulnerability in the Common Log File System (CLFS) Driver has been exploited in-the-wild. CLFS provides a general...
Today’s VERT Alert addresses Microsoft’s March 2023 Security Updates. VERT is actively working on coverage for these vulnerabilities and expects to ship ASPL-1046 on Wednesday, March 15th.
In-The-Wild & Disclosed CVEs
CVE-2023-24880
Up first this month is a publicly disclosed and exploited vulnerability impacting Windows SmartScreen. SmartScreen...
Today’s VERT Alert addresses Microsoft’s February 2023 Security Updates. VERT is actively working on coverage for these vulnerabilities and expects to ship ASPL-1042 on Wednesday, February 15th.
In-The-Wild & Disclosed CVEs
CVE-2023-21823
The first vulnerability in the list this week is CVE-2023-21823, a vulnerability in Windows Graphic Component...
Today’s VERT Alert addresses Microsoft’s January 2023 Security Updates. VERT is actively working on coverage for these vulnerabilities and expects to ship ASPL-1037 on Wednesday, January 11th.
In-The-Wild & Disclosed CVEs
CVE-2023-21549
A vulnerability in the SMB Witness Service was reported by two Akamai researchers, Stiv Kupchik and Ophir Harpaz....
Today’s VERT Alert addresses Microsoft’s December 2022 Security Updates. VERT is actively working on coverage for these vulnerabilities and expects to ship ASPL-1034 on Wednesday, December 14th.
In-The-Wild & Disclosed CVEs
CVE-2022-44698
This vulnerability allows a malicious individual to bypass SmartScreen, which does a reputation check based on...