Microsoft's Patch Tuesday update addressed 72 vulnerabilities, with CVE-2024-49138 being actively exploited, affecting the Windows Common Log File System Driver and allowing privilege escalation on Windows 10, 11, and Server 2019 and later. The most critical vulnerability, CVE-2024-49112, has a CVSS score of 9.8 but is challenging to exploit, related to the Windows Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP). Microsoft recommends blocking inbound RPCs from untrusted networks as a workaround. CVE-2024-49093, with a CVSS score of 8.8, poses risks from malicious low-privilege AppContainers. Other significant vulnerabilities include CVE-2024-49088, CVE-2024-49090, and CVE-2024-49114, all related to privilege escalation. Additionally, CVE-2024-49070 and CVE-2024-49122 involve code execution flaws.
Adobe released a patch for 167 vulnerabilities, including 91 in Adobe Experience Manager, with one critical flaw. Adobe Connect fixed 22 vulnerabilities, six rated critical, while Adobe Acrobat addressed six vulnerabilities, none exceeding a CVSS score of seven. Adobe Animate had 13 vulnerabilities, all rated 7.8, and InDesign and Substance 3D Modeler each had nine issues, none surpassing a CVSS score of 7.8. Adobe Media Encoder fixed four vulnerabilities, three allowing arbitrary code execution.