Adobe Tackles Over 100 Vulnerabilities
A new set of security updates from Adobe has just been released. These new updates effect Acrobat, Reader, Flash Player, Connect, and Experience Manager. Over 100 vulnerabilities are patched thanks to these updates.
The risk involved in not deploying the new updates is that a remote attacker could exploit some of these vulnerabilities to take control of an affected system.
Review Adobe Security Bulletins APSB18-21, APSB18-24, APSB18-22, and APSB18-23 and apply the necessary updates.Robert Brown, Director of Services said, “Many of these updates are Priority 2, which means they should be highly prioritised for deployment this month.” Ensure these updates are a part of your patching strategy.
Microsoft Half-Year Evaluation
According to an article by The Zero Day Initiative, there seems to a be a rise in the number of bugs reported in Microsoft products. However, they caution that this doesn’t mean that there is an increase in issues with the product. The number of bug reports has increased 121% from the same period last year.The number of released patches is only up by 8%, so the article argues this is an indicator of program growth. A large number of these bugs were also in the browser space; IE, Edge, and Chakra Core.
Keep an eye on Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday releases as they may attempt to increase their output of updates.
Patch Tuesday Release
Microsoft released 53 security patches this month covering Internet Explorer, Edge, Windows, .NET Framework, ASP.NET, PowerShell, Visual Studio, and Microsoft Office. These are made up of 18 Critical, 33 Important, one is rated as Moderate, and one is rated as Low in severity.
There are none which are Zero Day & none which are either Public or Exploited so far. There are several updates for the various feature updates of Windows 10 to keep your IT Manager busy this month.
| Vendor Name | Vendor Severity | Title |
| Microsoft | Critical | Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer 11 for Windows 7 for x64-based Systems (KB4339093) |
| Microsoft | Critical | Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer 11 for Windows 7 (KB4339093) |
| Microsoft | Critical | 2018-07 Cumulative Update for Windows 10 Version 1803 for x86-based Systems (KB4338819) |
| Microsoft | Critical | 2018-07 Cumulative Update for Windows 10 Version 1607 for x86-based Systems (KB4338814) |
| Microsoft | Critical | 2018-07 Cumulative Update for Windows 10 Version 1709 for x86-based Systems (KB4338825) |
| Microsoft | Critical | 2018-07 Security Update for Adobe Flash Player for Windows 10 Version 1703 for x64-based Systems (KB4338832) |
| Microsoft | Critical | 2018-07 Security Update for Adobe Flash Player for Windows 10 Version 1607 for x86-based Systems (KB4338832) |
| Microsoft | Critical | 2018-07 Security Update for Adobe Flash Player for Windows 10 Version 1607 for x64-based Systems (KB4338832) |
| Microsoft | Critical | 2018-07 Security Update for Adobe Flash Player for Windows 10 Version 1803 for x86-based Systems (KB4338832) |
| Microsoft | Critical | 2018-07 Security Update for Adobe Flash Player for Windows 10 Version 1803 for x64-based Systems (KB4338832) |
| Microsoft | Critical | 2018-07 Security Update for Adobe Flash Player for Windows 10 Version 1803 for ARM64-based Systems (KB4338832) |
| Microsoft | Critical | 2018-07 Security Update for Adobe Flash Player for Windows 10 Version 1703 for x86-based Systems (KB4338832) |
| Microsoft | Critical | 2018-07 Security Update for Adobe Flash Player for Windows 10 Version 1709 for ARM64-based Systems (KB4338832) |
| Microsoft | Critical | 2018-07 Cumulative Update for Windows 10 Version 1709 for x64-based Systems (KB4338825) |
| Microsoft | Critical | 2018-07 Security Update for Adobe Flash Player for Windows 10 Version 1709 for x86-based Systems (KB4338832) |
| Microsoft | Critical | 2018-07 Cumulative Update for Windows 10 Version 1607 for x64-based Systems (KB4338814) |
| Microsoft | Critical | 2018-07 Cumulative Update for Windows 10 Version 1709 for ARM64-based Systems (KB4338825) |
| Microsoft | Critical | 2018-07 Security Update for Adobe Flash Player for Windows 10 Version 1709 for x64-based Systems (KB4338832) |
| Microsoft | Critical | 2018-07 Cumulative Update for Windows 10 Version 1803 for ARM64-based Systems (KB4338819) |
| Microsoft | Critical | 2018-07 Cumulative Update for Windows 10 Version 1803 for x64-based Systems (KB4338819) |
| Microsoft | Critical | 2018-07 Cumulative Update for Windows 10 Version 1703 for x64-based Systems (KB4338826) |
| Microsoft | Critical | 2018-07 Cumulative Update for Windows 10 Version 1703 for x86-based Systems (KB4338826) |
| Microsoft | Important | Security Update for Skype for Business 2016 (KB4022221) 64-Bit Edition |
| Microsoft | Important | 2018-07 Security and Quality Rollup for .NET Framework 3.5, 4.5.2, 4.6, 4.6.1, 4.6.2, 4.7, 4.7.1, 4.7.2 for Windows 8.1 and Server 2012 R2 for x64 (KB4340558) |
| Microsoft | Important | Security Update for Skype for Business 2015 (KB4022225) 32-Bit Edition |
| Microsoft | Important | Security Update for Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2013 (KB4022243) |
| Microsoft | Important | Security Update for Microsoft Access 2016 (KB4018338) 64-Bit Edition |
| Microsoft | Important | Security Update for Microsoft Access 2016 (KB4018338) 32-Bit Edition |
| Microsoft | Important | 2018-07 Security and Quality Rollup for .NET Framework 3.5.1, 4.5.2, 4.6, 4.6.1, 4.6.2, 4.7, 4.7.1, 4.7.2 for Windows 7 (KB4340556) |
| Microsoft | Important | 2018-07 Security Only Update for .NET Framework 3.5.1, 4.5.2, 4.6, 4.6.1, 4.6.2, 4.7, 4.7.1, 4.7.2 for Windows 7 (KB4340004) |
| Microsoft | Important | 2018-07 Security Only Update for .NET Framework 3.5.1, 4.5.2, 4.6, 4.6.1, 4.6.2, 4.7, 4.7.1, 4.7.2 for Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2 for x64 (KB4340004) |
| Microsoft | Important | Security Update for Microsoft Office Viewers Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack (KB4011202) |
| Microsoft | Important | Security Update for Microsoft Access 2013 (KB4018351) 32-Bit Edition |
| Microsoft | Important | 2018-07 Security and Quality Rollup for .NET Framework 3.5.1, 4.5.2, 4.6, 4.6.1, 4.6.2, 4.7, 4.7.1, 4.7.2 for Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2 for x64 (KB4340556) |
| Microsoft | Important | Security Update for Microsoft Access 2013 (KB4018351) 64-Bit Edition |
| Microsoft | Important | 2018-07 Security Only Update for .NET Framework 3.5, 4.5.2, 4.6, 4.6.1, 4.6.2, 4.7, 4.7.1, 4.7.2 for Windows 8.1 and Server 2012 R2 for x64 (KB4340006) |
| Microsoft | Important | Security Update for Skype for Business 2016 (KB4022221) 32-Bit Edition |
| Microsoft | Important | Security Update for Word Viewer (KB4032214) |
| Microsoft | Important | Security Update for Skype for Business 2015 (KB4022225) 64-Bit Edition |
| Microsoft | Important | 2018-07 Security Monthly Quality Rollup for Windows 7 for x64-based Systems (KB4338818) |
| Microsoft | Important | 2018-07 Security Monthly Quality Rollup for Windows 7 for x86-based Systems (KB4338818) |
| Microsoft | Important | 2018-07 Security Only Quality Update for Windows 7 for x64-based Systems (KB4338823) |
| Microsoft | Important | 2018-07 Security Only Quality Update for Windows 7 for x86-based Systems (KB4338823) |
| Microsoft | Low | Security Update for Microsoft Word 2016 (KB4022218) 64-Bit Edition |
| Microsoft | Low | Security Update for Microsoft Word 2010 (KB4022202) 64-Bit Edition |
| Microsoft | Low | Security Update for Microsoft Office 2010 (KB4022200) 32-Bit Edition |
| Microsoft | Low | Security Update for Microsoft Word 2016 (KB4022218) 32-Bit Edition |
| Microsoft | Low | Security Update for Microsoft Office 2010 (KB4022200) 64-Bit Edition |
| Microsoft | Low | Security Update for Microsoft Word 2010 (KB4022202) 32-Bit Edition |
