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Microsoft releases September 2021 security updates

Microsoft has released updates to address multiple vulnerabilities in Microsoft software. Microsoft has fixed over 60 vulnerabilities with Microsoft's September 2021 Patch Tuesday, with three classified as Critical, 56 as Important, and one as Moderate.

Of the fixed vulnerabilities: 27 are elevation of privilege vulnerabilities, 2 are security feature bypass vulnerabilities, 16 are remote code execution vulnerabilities, 11 are information disclosure vulnerabilities, 1 is denial of service vulnerability, 8 are spoofing vulnerabilities

September's Patch Tuesday includes fixes for two zero-day vulnerabilities:

CVE-2021-36968 - Windows DNS Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

CVE-2021-40444 - Microsoft MSHTML Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

More information on vulnerabilities and updates is available in the Microsoft’s September 2021 Security Updates page – microsoft.com.

Source: bleepingcomputer.com

15 September 2021

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