Tripwire Patch Priority Index for September 2023

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Tripwire's September 2023 Patch Priority Index (PPI) brings together important vulnerabilities for Microsoft.

First on the patch priority are patches for Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) that resolve 5 vulnerabilities such as out of bounds memory access, type confusion, and use after free.

Next on the patch priority list this month are patches for Microsoft Office, Excel, Word, and Outlook. The patches resolve 7 issues including remote code execution, information disclosure, security feature bypass, and spoofing vulnerabilities.

Next are patches that affect components of the core Windows operating system. These patches resolve over 30 vulnerabilities, including elevation of privilege, information disclosure, security feature bypass, remote code execution, and denial of service vulnerabilities. These vulnerabilities affect core Windows, Kernel, Streaming Service, TCP/IP, GDI, MSHTML, and others.

Up next are patches for Visual Studio, .NET, and .NET Framework that resolve elevation of privilege, remote code execution, and denial of service vulnerabilities.

Lastly, administrators should focus on server-side patches for SharePoint, Azure DevOps Server, Dynamics, and Exchange. These patches resolve numerous issues including remote code execution, spoofing, elevation of privilege, and information disclosure vulnerabilities.