# Microsoft Patch Tuesday August 2024 vulnerabilities exploited

Published: 2024-08-13 · Severity: high
Canonical: https://vorant.io/reports/f9dd6c64-132d-578d-bd51-2fc1cd857497/microsoft-patch-tuesday-august-2024-vulnerabilities-exploited

> Microsoft issues patches for six vulnerabilities already being exploited in the wild; immediate patching required.

On August 14, 2024, Microsoft released its monthly security update addressing multiple vulnerabilities across Microsoft products. Six vulnerabilities—CVE-2024-38106, CVE-2024-38107, CVE-2024-38178, CVE-2024-38189, CVE-2024-38193, and CVE-2024-38213—have been confirmed by Microsoft as actively exploited in the wild. If exploited, these vulnerabilities can lead to application crashes or complete system compromise, allowing attackers to take control of affected computers. Organizations and individual users should apply security updates immediately through Windows Update, which typically installs patches automatically. Administrators managing patch deployment should prioritize these six CVEs and deploy fixes as soon as possible. Updates may require system restart.

## Mentioned in this report

- Vulnerabilities: CVE-2024-38106 (KEV), CVE-2024-38107 (KEV), CVE-2024-38178 (KEV), CVE-2024-38189 (KEV), CVE-2024-38193 (KEV), CVE-2024-38213 (KEV)

Source reporting: https://www.ipa.go.jp/security/security-alert/2024/0814-ms.html

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