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Vulnerabilities in various Microsoft products
WHAT HAPPENED?
Microsoft released their April 2021 update to address vulnerabilities in various Microsoft products.
Advanced Users: For a complete description of the security enhancements and affected software refer to:
AFFECTED SYSTEMS:
- Azure AD Web Sign-in
- Azure DevOps
- Azure Sphere
- Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based)
- Microsoft Exchange Server
- Microsoft Graphics Component
- Microsoft Internet Messaging API
- Microsoft NTFS
- Microsoft Office Excel
- Microsoft Office Outlook
- Microsoft Office SharePoint
- Microsoft Office Word
- Microsoft Windows Codecs Library
- Microsoft Windows Speech
- Open Source Software
- Role: DNS Server
- Role: Hyper-V
- Visual Studio
- Visual Studio Code
- Visual Studio Code - GitHub Pull Requests and Issues Extension
- Visual Studio Code - Kubernetes Tools
- Visual Studio Code - Maven for Java Extension
- Windows Application Compatibility Cache
- Windows AppX Deployment Extensions
- Windows Console Driver
- Windows Diagnostic Hub
- Windows Early Launch Antimalware Driver
- Windows ELAM
- Windows Event Tracing
- Windows Installer
- Windows Kernel
- Windows Media Player
- Windows Network File System
- Windows Overlay Filter
- Windows Portmapping
- Windows Registry
- Windows Remote Procedure Call Runtime
- Windows Resource Manager
- Windows Secure Kernel Mode
- Windows Services and Controller App
- Windows SMB Server
- Windows TCP/IP
- Windows Win32K
- Windows WLAN Auto Config Service
WHAT'S THE PROBLEM?
Some of these vulnerabilities, if exploited, could allow an attacker to take control of the affected software.
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