Microsoft Releases October 2021 Security Updates
Scheduled updates for Microsoft products
Summary
Scheduled updates for Microsoft products
Affected platforms
The following platforms are known to be affected:
The following platforms are also known to be affected:
Active Directory Federation Services
Windows AppContainer
Windows AppX Deployment Service
Windows Bind Filter Driver
Windows Cloud Files Mini Filter Driver
Windows Common Log File System Driver
Console Window Host
Microsoft DWM Core Library
Windows Desktop Bridge
Windows DirectX
Windows Event Tracing
Windows exFAT File System
Windows Fastfat Driver
Microsoft Graphics Component
HTTP.sys
Windows Installer
Windows Kernel
Windows MSHTML Platform
Windows Nearby Sharing
Windows Network Address Translation (NAT)
Windows Print Spooler Components
Windows Remote Procedure Call Runtime
Rich Text Edit Control
Windows Storage Spaces Controller
Windows TCP/IP
Windows Text Shaping
Windows Win32K
Threat details
Introduction
Microsoft has released updates to address multiple vulnerabilities in Microsoft software. A remote attacker can exploit some of these vulnerabilities to take control of an affected system.
Remediation advice
Affected organisations are encouraged to review Microsoft’s October 2021 Security Update Summary and Deployment Information and apply the necessary updates.
Last edited: 13 October 2021 1:36 pm