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Every second Tuesday of the month, Microsoft releases patches to their applications, services, and operating systems. Typically, these patches include a myriad of security fixes and this time around, for September of 2024, 79 different vulnerabilities have been addressed including 4 zero-day vulnerabilities and 10 critical vulnerabilities.
Security updates have been provided by Microsoft for the vulnerabilities within this release. To check for updates, users can navigate to the Update & Security section, select Windows Update > Check for Updates. Check the updates you need, click Download and Install, and then reboot your system. For Enterprise Environments, using Windows Server Updates Services or Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager can be used to deploy updates across many devices. There are also update tools such as Microsoft Intune which can manage and schedule these updates. Individual knowledge base articles can be downloaded for a specific vulnerability; these are in the Microsoft Security Response Center under Security Updates.
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September 2024 Security Updates - Release Notes - Security Update Guide - Microsoft
Adobe released a patch for a suspected zero-day vulnerability in Adobe Reader, identified as CVE-2024-41869. This vulnerability, a Use After Free (UAF) issue, can lead to arbitrary code execution, system crashes, or the return of unexpected values.
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