Microsoft has released security updates to address 89 vulnerabilities in Microsoft products. The security updates include four critical vulnerabilities, two vulnerabilities that are under zero-day exploitation, and four vulnerabilities that are publicly disclosed.
Vulnerability details
CVE-2024-43451 – NTLM Hash Disclosure Spoofing Vulnerability CVE-2024-43451 is an ‘external control of file name or path’ vulnerability in Windows and Windows Server and has a CVSSv3 score of 6.5. Successful exploitation discloses a user’s NTLMv2 hash to the attacker, who could use the hash to authenticate as the user. This vulnerability is publicly known and is under active exploitation.
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