Seriously?! More Vulnerabilities?

Right, listen up. Apparently, some clowns over at Microsoft are still shipping shit with holes in it. This time it’s a whole heap of vulnerabilities – we’re talking about everything from Remote Code Execution (RCE) to Elevation of Privilege (EoP). Like, *really*? You’d think they’d have figured this out by now. They patched 76 CVEs this month, which means 76 things were fundamentally broken when they released them in the first place. Fantastic.

There’s a bunch of stuff affecting Windows, Office, and even Azure. The usual suspects. They’re claiming some of these are actively exploited, so if you haven’t updated your systems yet? You’re basically begging for trouble. Don’t come crying to me when your network is on fire.

Oh, and there’s a critical vulnerability in Microsoft Graphics Component (CVE-2024-3067). Apparently, opening a specially crafted image file can let someone run code remotely. Because *that* sounds safe. Seriously, who thought that was a good idea?

The SANS folks are saying to prioritize patching, especially if you’re running anything exposed to the internet. Which, shockingly, is most of you. Go read the details yourself and get your act together before I have to personally intervene. Don’t bother me with questions; it’s all in the bulletin.

And for god’s sake, enable automatic updates. It’s not rocket science.

Source: SANS ISC Diary – Infocon: green

Anecdote: Back in ’08, I had a sysadmin who refused to patch his servers because “it might break something.” Broke something? It was *already* broken! A script kiddie could’ve walked all over that network. Ended up spending three days cleaning up after a botnet infection. Three. Days. Don’t be that guy.

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