Microsoft Patches Two Exploited Zero-Days
Microsoft's October 2024 patch Tuesday fixes two actively exploited flaws, CVE-2024-43572 and CVE-2024-43573; IPA urges immediate updates.
Sourceipa.go.jp — open the original
What to check
- Applies to
- The 2 CVEs named below. Whether you run an affected version is not assessed: check the versions the source lists.
- Exploitation
- CISA lists CVE-2024-43572 and CVE-2024-43573 as exploited in the wild.
Japan's IPA issued an alert on October 9, 2024 covering Microsoft's monthly security update release, which addresses multiple vulnerabilities across Microsoft products. Among these, Microsoft has confirmed that two vulnerabilities—CVE-2024-43572 and CVE-2024-43573—are being actively exploited in the wild.
Successful exploitation of the patched vulnerabilities could allow application crashes or full attacker control of affected systems. IPA warns that exploitation of the two confirmed vulnerabilities may expand, and urges both individual users and organizations managing update deployments to apply the patches immediately via Windows Update or their update management processes.
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Source reporting: https://www.ipa.go.jp/security/security-alert/2024/1009-ms.html
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