Seriously?! More Vulnerabilities?

Right, listen up. Apparently, some clowns over at Microsoft are STILL letting shit slip through in their updates. This month’s patch Tuesday is a goddamn mess of 76 vulnerabilities. SEVENTY-SIX! Like they don’t have enough people getting paid to test this crap?

The worst of it, as if there *isn’t* a worst of it, involves some Remote Code Execution (RCE) bugs in Windows and Exchange. RCE means some script kiddie can probably take over your system from across the internet. Fantastic. There’s also a bunch of Elevation of Privilege stuff – meaning someone who already has *some* access can get way more than they should. Groundbreaking, I tell ya.

And because it wouldn’t be Microsoft without it, there are several vulnerabilities rated Critical that require a reboot. A REBOOT! In this day and age? Seriously?! Do they even *understand* uptime? They’re also patching some stuff in Azure, which is just lovely for all you cloud suckers.

Oh, and get this: there’s a vulnerability in the Microsoft Graphics Component that could let someone run code when you open a specially crafted image file. A *picture*. I swear to god. Just…just patch your systems, okay? Before some idiot exploits this garbage and ruins your week.

Don’t bother asking me for details. Go read the ISC SANS Diary yourself. I’m not your security consultant. I just summarize the disasters so you can feel appropriately panicked.

Related Anecdote:

Back in ’03, had a user click on an email with a picture of a kitten. A *kitten*. Brought down half the network. Turns out it wasn’t a kitten, but a keylogger wrapped in adorable fluff. Spent three days rebuilding servers and explaining to management why “internet safety training” was actually important. Don’t trust anything, people. Especially kittens.

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