Such as we mentioned in the morning η Microsoft has just started releasing security updates for the Patch Tuesday August 2020.
This month, the company managed to fix 120 vulnerabilities across 13 different products, from Edge, Windows, to SQL Server and the .NET Framework.
Among the 120 vulnerabilities fixed this month, 17 bugs were identified as "Critical" but there are also two zero day vulnerabilities that hackers exploited before Microsoft released today's updates.
1st zero day
The first zero day fixed this month is an operating system bug system of Windows. It has been recorded as CVE-2020-1464, and Microsoft states that if an attacker could exploit it, it could incorrectly validate file signatures.
Intruders can use this error to "bypass security features and upload unsigned files."
As with all Microsoft security advisories, the technical details of the error have not been made public for obvious reasons.
2st zero day
As for the second zero day, it has been recorded as CVE-2020-1380 and exists in the Internet Explorer scripting engine.
Microsoft said it received a report from Kaspersky that hackers had discovered a remote code execution (RCE) flaw in the IE scripting engine and where they were using it in real-world applications. attacks.
While the error is in the IE scripting engine, and that other native Microsoft applications are affected, such as the Office suite.
This is because Office applications use the IE scripting engine to integrate and render web pages within Office documents, a feature where the scripting engine plays an important role.
This means that the bug can be exploited by luring users to maliciouswebsites or by sending them trapped Office files.
Below is some useful information about today's Microsoft Patch Tuesday, as well as security updates released by other companies this month that sysadmins may need to deal with in addition to the Microsoft batch.
