August 2020 Patch Tuesday: Microsoft fixes two vulnerabilities under attack - Help Net Security

August 2020 Patch Tuesday: Microsoft fixes two vulnerabilities under attack - Help Net Security

On this August 2020 Patch Tuesday:


Microsoft has plugged 120 flaws, two of which are being exploited in attacks in the wild
Adobe has delivered security updates for Adobe Acrobat, Reader and Lightroom
Apple has released updates for iCloud on Windows
Google has updated Chrome with security fixes


Microsoft’s updates


Microsoft has released patched for 120 CVEs, 17 of which are critical and the rest important. One (CVE-2020-1464) is publicly known and being actively exploited, and another one (CVE-2020-1380) is also under attack.


CVE-2020-1464 allows an attacker to bypass security features intended to prevent improperly signed files from being loaded, and affects all supported versions of Windows, so patching it should definitely be a priority.


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