Black Arrow Cyber Advisory 09 October 2024 – Microsoft and Adobe Security Updates

Executive summary 

Microsoft’s October Patch Tuesday provides updates to address 117 security issues across its product range, including two actively exploited vulnerabilities and three publicly disclosed bugs. In addition to the Microsoft updates this week also saw Adobe fix 52 vulnerabilities across various products. 

What’s the risk to me or my business? 

The actively exploited vulnerabilities could allow an attacker to compromise the confidentiality, integrity and availability of the affected applications and the organisations data on the affected systems. 

What can I do? 

Black Arrow recommends applying the available security updates for all supported versions of Windows, and all affected Adobe products as soon as possible. The updates should be applied as soon as possible for the actively exploited vulnerability and all other vulnerabilities that have a critical severity rating. 

Microsoft 

Further details on other specific updates within this Microsoft patch Tuesday can be found here: 

https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/releaseNote/2024-Oct 

Adobe 

Further details of the vulnerabilities in Adobe products can be found here under ‘Recent bulletins and advisories’: 

https://helpx.adobe.com/security/security-bulletin.html 

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