Yesterday Microsoft rolled out updates that patch a good 65 vulnerabilities, these updates fix vulnerabilities for Windows, Office, Internet Explorer, Flash Player and Edge. Microsoft also added an extra protection measure against attackers.
Out of the 65 vulnerabilities, 25 are marked as critical, 38 vulnerabilities were marked as important. Six of the vulnerabilities are in Microsoft Office and allow arbitrary code execution, just like with critical vulnerabilities. Because they require the user to open a malicious document, Microsoft has classified them as less harmful and thus marked them as “important”.
Microsoft noteson its website, “we released security updates to provide additional protection against malicious attackers.” Microsoft has not released details on the protection measure. These updates and the additional protection measures will be automatically downloaded and installed. They can also be downloaded from the Microsoft Update Catalog.
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The April security release consists of security updates for the following software:
Please note the following information regarding the security updates:
Known Issues
Microsoft patches 65 vulnerabilities in with Latest Tuesday Patch