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Critical Vulnerabilities revealed in Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday

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#### THREAT LEVEL: Red. For a detailed advisory, [download the pdf file here.](<https://www.hivepro.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/TA202129.pdf>) Multiple vulnerabilities have been patched by Microsoft in August 2021 Patch Tuesday. Three of them have been labeled as zero-day vulnerabilities (CVE-2021-36936, CVE-2021-36942, and CVE-2021-36948). One of them (CVE-2021-36948) has already been exploited in the wild. The attacker is yet to be identified. Microsoft has classified six vulnerabilities as critical, and patches for all of them are now available. #### Vulnerability Details ![](https://www.hivepro.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Screenshot-2021-08-11-172434.png) ![](https://www.hivepro.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Screenshot-2021-08-11-172509.png) #### Patch Links <https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/vulnerability/CVE-2021-36948> <https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/vulnerability/CVE-2021-34530> <https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/vulnerability/CVE-2021-34534> <https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/vulnerability/CVE-2021-36936> <https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/vulnerability/CVE-2021-26432> <https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/vulnerability/CVE-2021-34480> <https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/vulnerability/CVE-2021-34535> <https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/vulnerability/CVE-2021-26424> <https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/vulnerability/CVE-2021-36942> #### References <https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-august-2021-patch-tuesday-fixes-3-zero-days-44-flaws/>


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