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Patch Tuesday, October 2018 Edition

Krebs on SecurityOct 11, 2018 · 08:05 UTC (Oct 11, 2018)2 min read2 · 1 read

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CVEs: CVE-2018-8453 CVE-2018-8423

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CVE	Vulnerability	CVSS	EPSS	Signals	Published
CVE-2018-8423	A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the Microsoft JET Database Engine, aka "Microsoft JET Database Engine Remote Code Execution Vulnerability."…	7.8	32%	PoC ×2	Oct 10, 2018
CVE-2018-8453	Win32k Elevation of Privilege Flaw in Windows 7-10 and Windows Server (CVE-2018-8453)	7.8	70%	KEVRansomwarePoC ×2	Oct 10, 2018 KEV Jan 21, 2022

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Microsoft this week released software updates to fix roughly 50 security problems with various versions of its Windows operating system and related software, including one flaw that is already being exploited and another for which exploit code is publicly available. The zero-day bug — CVE-2018-8453 — affects Windows versions 7, 8. 1, 10 and Server 2008, 2012, 2016 and 2019.

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