Highlights of Patch Watch Issue 13
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21 vendors released security patches for 289 vulnerabilities, including 22 CVEs with known exploits.
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1 vulnerability that got patched this month is red-flagged by CISA.
Weaponized Vulnerabilities
We have 22 vulnerabilities that are known exploits. Here is our analysis –
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10 CVEs are RCE bugs.
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5 CVEs linked to Webapps.
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16 CVEs are rated critical and 4 are of high severity.
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Old Vulnerabilities
98 Old vulnerabilities have been fixed, ranging from the year 2004 to 2020.
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14 CVEs have known exploits.
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26 CVEs are rated critical and 33 are of high severity.
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Microsoft May Patches 2021
Microsoft issued patches for 55 security vulnerabilities, including three zero-day vulnerabilities (CVE-2021-31207, CVE-2021-31200, and CVE-2021-31204).
Check out our Microsoft patch edition for more findings.
CISA Alerts
CISA has issued an alert for one vulnerability, which has a critical severity rating. This vulnerability is classified under CWE – 79 that ranks first in the MITRE top 25 Common Weakness Enumeration.
Table: May Security Patches 2021
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