November 2021 - Microsoft Releases Security Patches

Publish date: November 16, 2021

Advisory Date: NOV 10, 2021

DESCRIPTION

In the November 2020 Microsoft security patch release, Microsoft updated its vulnerability information page. Following the new patch information format, below are some of the CVEs included in the November 2021 release:

CVE-2021-42298 - Microsoft Defender Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
CVSS:3.1 7.8/6.8
CVE-2021-40461 - Windows Hyper-V Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
CVSS:3.1 8.0/7.0
CVE-2021-38666 - Remote Desktop Client Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
CVSS:3.1 8.8/7.7
CVE-2021-26443 - Microsoft Virtual Machine Bus (VMBus) Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
CVSS:3.1 9.0/7.8

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