First Patch Tuesday of 2022 Brings Fix for a Critical 'Wormable' Windows Vulnerability

Microsoft on Tuesday kicked off its first set of updates for 2022 by plugging 96 security holes across its software ecosystem, while urging customers to prioritize patching for what it calls a critical "wormable" vulnerability. Of the 96 vulnerabilities, nine are rated Critical and 89 are rated...

CVE-2022-21849

Windows Internet Key Exchange IKE Protocol Extensions Remote Code Execution Vulnerability...

Vulnerabilities fixed in Microsoft Windows

Microsoft has fixed vulnerabilities in Windows. The vulnerabilities potentially enable a malicious person to launch attacks execute attacks that result in the following categories of damage: Denial-of-Service DoS Circumvention of security measure Remote code execution Administrator/Root rights...

KB5009557: Windows 10 Version 1809 and Windows Server 2019 Security Update (January 2022)

The remote Windows host is missing security update 5009557. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities: - A session spoofing vulnerability exists. An attacker can exploit this to perform actions with the privileges of another user. CVE-2022-21836 - A denial of service DoS vulnerabilit...

KB5009543: Windows 10 Version 20H2 / 21H1 / 21H2 Security Update (January 2022)

The remote Windows host is missing security update 5009543. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities: - A remote code execution vulnerability. An attacker can exploit this to bypass authentication and execute unauthorized arbitrary commands. CVE-2022-21849, CVE-2022-21850,...