WHAT HAPPENED?

Microsoft released their August 2020 updates to address vulnerabilities in various Microsoft products.

Advanced Users: For a complete description of the security enhancements and affected software refer to:

• Microsoft August 2020 Security Updates 

AFFECTED SYSTEMS:

• Microsoft Windows
• Microsoft Edge (EdgeHTML-based)
• Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based)
• Microsoft ChakraCore
• Internet Explorer
• Microsoft Scripting Engine
• SQL Server
• Microsoft JET Database Engine
• .NET Framework
• ASP.NET Core
• Microsoft Office and Microsoft Office Services and Web Apps
• Microsoft Windows Codecs Library
• Microsoft Dynamics

WHAT'S THE PROBLEM?

Some of these vulnerabilities, if exploited, could allow an attacker to take control of an affected system.

RELATED LINKS

• IT Security
• Microsoft Security update deployment information: August 11, 2020