Microsoft patched 74 security flaws in its May Patch Tuesday batch of updates. That’s seven critical bugs, 66 deemed important, and one ranked low severity.
At least one of the vulnerabilities disclosed is under active attack with public exploit code, according to Redmond, while two others are listed as having public exploit code.
After April’s astonishing 100-plus vulnerabilities, May’s patching event seems tame by comparison. However, “this month makes up for it in severity and infrastructure headaches,” Chris Hass, director of security at Automox, told The Register. “The big news is the critical vulnerabilities that need to be highlighted for immediate action.”
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Source: The Register