Microsoft released security updates under December Patch Tuesday and fixed several vulnerabilities that affected various Microsoft products.
There are 39 vulnerabilities were addressed including the active zero-day vulnerability that could exploit using malware and attackers execute the code in the kernel.
Following Microsoft products are patched in this December security release along with some of the critical security vulnerabilities.
- Adobe Flash Player
- Internet Explorer
- Microsoft Edge
- Microsoft Windows
- Microsoft Office and Microsoft Office Services and Web Apps
- ChakraCore
- .NET Framework
- Microsoft Dynamics NAV
- Microsoft Exchange Server
- Microsoft Visual Studio
- Windows Azure Pack (WAP)
In this case, Microsoft marked 9 vulnerabilities as “critical,” that allow very serious impact and a remote attacker could take over the vulnerable applications and 30 flaws rated as “important”.
CVE-2018-8517, A remote unauthenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability by issuing specially crafted requests to the .NET Framework application,” . “The vulnerability can be exploited remotely, without authentication.”
Rapid7 reported Internet Explorer (CVE-2018-8631) and Edge (CVE-2018-8624) which considered by Microsoft that most likely to be exploited.
Microsoft Security Updates
Microsoft Office
| Microsoft Office | CVE-2018-8628 | Microsoft PowerPoint Remote Code Execution Vulnerability |
| Microsoft Office | CVE-2018-8636 | Microsoft Excel Remote Code Execution Vulnerability |
| Microsoft Office | CVE-2018-8627 | Microsoft Excel Information Disclosure Vulnerability |
| Microsoft Office | CVE-2018-8598 | Microsoft Excel Information Disclosure Vulnerability |
| Microsoft Office | CVE-2018-8587 | Microsoft Outlook Remote Code Execution Vulnerability |
| Microsoft Office | CVE-2018-8597 | Microsoft Excel Remote Code Execution Vulnerability |
Microsoft Scripting Engine
| Microsoft Scripting Engine | CVE-2018-8629 | Chakra Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability |
| Microsoft Scripting Engine | CVE-2018-8643 | Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability |
| Microsoft Scripting Engine | CVE-2018-8625 | Windows VBScript Engine Remote Code Execution Vulnerability |
| Microsoft Scripting Engine | CVE-2018-8617 | Chakra Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability |
| Microsoft Scripting Engine | CVE-2018-8583 | Chakra Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability |
| Microsoft Scripting Engine | CVE-2018-8618 | Chakra Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability |
| Microsoft Scripting Engine | CVE-2018-8624 | Chakra Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability |
Windows Kernel
| Windows Kernel | CVE-2018-8477 | Windows Kernel Information Disclosure Vulnerability |
| Windows Kernel | CVE-2018-8621 | Windows Kernel Information Disclosure Vulnerability |
| Windows Kernel | CVE-2018-8612 | Connected User Experiences and Telemetry Service Denial of Service Vulnerability |
| Windows Kernel | CVE-2018-8611 | Windows Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability |
| Windows Kernel | CVE-2018-8622 | Windows Kernel Information Disclosure Vulnerability |
| Windows Kernel | CVE-2018-8637 | Win32k Information Disclosure Vulnerability |
Microsoft Office SharePoint
| Microsoft Office SharePoint | CVE-2018-8635 | Microsoft SharePoint Server Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability |
| Microsoft Office SharePoint | CVE-2018-8580 | Microsoft SharePoint Information Disclosure Vulnerability |
Microsoft Windows DNS
| Microsoft Windows DNS | CVE-2018-8514 | Remote Procedure Call runtime Information Disclosure Vulnerability |
| Microsoft Windows DNS | CVE-2018-8626 | Windows DNS Server Heap Overflow Vulnerability |
NET Framework
| .NET Framework | CVE-2018-8517 | .NET Framework Denial Of Service Vulnerability |
| .NET Framework | CVE-2018-8540 | .NET Framework Remote Code Injection Vulnerability |
Adobe Flash Player
| Adobe Flash Player | ADV180031 | December 2018 Adobe Flash Security Update |
Other Vulnerabilities
| Microsoft Dynamics | CVE-2018-8651 | Microsoft Dynamics NAV Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability |
| Microsoft Exchange Server | CVE-2018-8604 | Microsoft Exchange Server Tampering Vulnerability |
| Visual Studio | CVE-2018-8599 | Diagnostics Hub Standard Collector Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability |
| Windows Authentication Methods | CVE-2018-8634 | Microsoft Text-To-Speech Remote Code Execution Vulnerability |
| Windows Azure Pack | CVE-2018-8652 | Windows Azure Pack Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability |
| Windows Kernel-Mode Drivers | CVE-2018-8641 | Win32k Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability |
| Internet Explorer | CVE-2018-8619 | Internet Explorer Remote Code Execution Vulnerability |
| Internet Explorer | CVE-2018-8631 | Internet Explorer Memory Corruption Vulnerability |
| Microsoft Dynamics | CVE-2018-8651 | Microsoft Dynamics NAV Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability |
| Microsoft Exchange Server | CVE-2018-8604 | Microsoft Exchange Server Tampering Vulnerability |
Also Read:
- Apple Released Security Updates for iOS, Safari, iCloud, watchOS, tvOS
- VMware Releases Critical Security Updates for Multiple Vulnerabilities
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