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First Patch Tuesday of 2022 Brings Fix for a Critical 'Wormable' Windows Vulnerability

The Hacker Newsby @TheHackersNews ()3 min read3
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Vulnerabilities mentioned

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CVEVulnerabilityCVSSEPSSSignalsPublished
CVE-2021-22947
When curl >= 7.20.0 and <= 7.78.0 connects to an IMAP or POP3 server to retrieve data using STARTTLS to upgrade to TLS security, the server can respond and…
5.93%PoC
CVE-2021-36976
libarchive 3.4.1 through 3.5.1 has a use-after-free in copy_string (called from do_uncompress_block and process_block)
6.53%
CVE-2022-21907
+5 related CVEs
HTTP Protocol Stack Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
9.8
group max
93%
CVE-2022-21840
Microsoft Office Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
8.83%
CVE-2022-21969
+2 related CVEs
Microsoft Exchange Server Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
9.01%
CVE-2022-21919
Local Privilege Escalation in Microsoft Windows User Profile Service
7.03%KEV
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From the original article

3 min read at thehackernews.com

Microsoft on Tuesday kicked off its first set of updates for 2022 by plugging 96 security holes across its software ecosystem, while urging customers to prioritize patching for what it calls a critical "wormable" vulnerability. Of the 96 vulnerabilities, nine are rated Critical and 89 are rated Important in severity, with six zero-day publicly known at the time of the release.

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