Microsoft released the December 2024 Patch Tuesday, which fixes 71 security vulnerabilities, including a zero-day bug.
Sixteen of the vulnerabilities have been rated critical, as they allow remote code execution.
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In the list below, you can see the types of vulnerabilities fixed with the December Patch Tuesday:
- 30 vulnerabilities that allow remote code execution
- 27 vulnerabilities that allow elevation of privilege
- 7 vulnerabilities that allow information disclosure
- 5 vulnerabilities that allow Denial of Service attacks
- 1 vulnerability that allows spoofing
This count does not include two Edge bugs that were fixed earlier this month.
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Microsoft Patch Tuesday December 2024 also fixes a zero-day vulnerability
This month's Patch Tuesday fixes a zero-day vulnerabilitythat has been publicly reported and used in attacks:
CVE-2024-49138 – Windows Common File Log Driver System Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
The vulnerability allows attackers to gain SYSTEM privileges on Windows devices. No information has been provided about the attacks in which it has been used.
See also: Microsoft fixes vulnerabilities in various services
Microsoft Patch Tuesday December 2024: All vulnerabilities
In the table below, you can see all the vulnerabilities being fixed this month:
| Tags | CVE ID | CVE Title | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|
| GitHub | CVE-2024-49063 | Microsoft/Muzic Remote Code Execution Vulnerability | Important |
| Microsoft Defender for Endpoint | CVE-2024-49057 | Microsoft Defender for Endpoint on Android Spoofing Vulnerability | Important |
| Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) | CVE-2024-12053 | Chromium: CVE-2024-12053 Type Confusion in V8 | Unknown |
| Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) | CVE-2024-49041 | Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) Spoofing Vulnerability | Moderate |
| Microsoft Office | ADV240002 | Microsoft Office Defense in Depth Update | Moderate |
| Microsoft Office | CVE-2024-49059 | Microsoft Office Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability | Important |
| Microsoft Office | CVE-2024-43600 | Microsoft Office Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability | Important |
| Microsoft Office Access | CVE-2024-49142 | Microsoft Access Remote Code Execution Vulnerability | Important |
| Microsoft Office Excel | CVE-2024-49069 | Microsoft Excel Remote Code Execution Vulnerability | Important |
| Microsoft Office Publisher | CVE-2024-49079 | Input Method Editor (IME) Remote Code Execution Vulnerability | Important |
| Microsoft Office SharePoint | CVE-2024-49064 | Microsoft SharePoint Information Disclosure Vulnerability | Important |
| Microsoft Office SharePoint | CVE-2024-49062 | Microsoft SharePoint Information Disclosure Vulnerability | Important |
| Microsoft Office SharePoint | CVE-2024-49068 | Microsoft SharePoint Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability | Important |
| Microsoft Office SharePoint | CVE-2024-49070 | Microsoft SharePoint Remote Code Execution Vulnerability | Important |
| Microsoft Office Word | CVE-2024-49065 | Microsoft Office Remote Code Execution Vulnerability | Important |
| Role: DNS Server | CVE-2024-49091 | Windows Domain Name Service Remote Code Execution Vulnerability | Important |
| Role: Windows Hyper-V | CVE-2024-49117 | Windows Hyper-V Remote Code Execution Vulnerability | Critical |
| System Center Operations Manager | CVE-2024-43594 | System Center Operations Manager Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability | Important |
| Windows Cloud Files Mini Filter Driver | CVE-2024-49114 | Windows Cloud Files Mini Filter Driver Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability | Important |
| Windows Common Log File System Driver | CVE-2024-49088 | Windows Common Log File System Driver Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability | Important |
| Windows Common Log File System Driver | CVE-2024-49138 | Windows Common Log File System Driver Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability | Important |
| Windows Common Log File System Driver | CVE-2024-49090 | Windows Common Log File System Driver Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability | Important |
| Windows File Explorer | CVE-2024-49082 | Windows File Explorer Information Disclosure Vulnerability | Important |
| Windows IP Routing Management Snapin | CVE-2024-49080 | Windows IP Routing Management Snapin Remote Code Execution Vulnerability | Important |
| Windows Kernel | CVE-2024-49084 | Windows Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability | Important |
| Windows Kernel-Mode Drivers | CVE-2024-49074 | Windows Kernel-Mode Driver Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability | Important |
| Windows LDAP – Lightweight Directory Access Protocol | CVE-2024-49121 | Windows Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) Denial of Service Vulnerability | Important |
| Windows LDAP – Lightweight Directory Access Protocol | CVE-2024-49124 | Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) Client Remote Code Execution Vulnerability | Critical |
| Windows LDAP – Lightweight Directory Access Protocol | CVE-2024-49112 | Windows Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) Remote Code Execution Vulnerability | Critical |
| Windows LDAP – Lightweight Directory Access Protocol | CVE-2024-49113 | Windows Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) Denial of Service Vulnerability | Important |
| Windows LDAP – Lightweight Directory Access Protocol | CVE-2024-49127 | Windows Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) Remote Code Execution Vulnerability | Critical |
| Windows Local Security Authority Subsystem Service (LSASS) | CVE-2024-49126 | Windows Local Security Authority Subsystem Service (LSASS) Remote Code Execution Vulnerability | Critical |
| Windows Message Queuing | CVE-2024-49118 | Microsoft Message Queuing (MSMQ) Remote Code Execution Vulnerability | Critical |
| Windows Message Queuing | CVE-2024-49122 | Microsoft Message Queuing (MSMQ) Remote Code Execution Vulnerability | Critical |
| Windows Message Queuing | CVE-2024-49096 | Microsoft Message Queuing (MSMQ) Denial of Service Vulnerability | Important |
| Windows Mobile Broadband | CVE-2024-49073 | Windows Mobile Broadband Driver Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability | Important |
| Windows Mobile Broadband | CVE-2024-49077 | Windows Mobile Broadband Driver Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability | Important |
| Windows Mobile Broadband | CVE-2024-49083 | Windows Mobile Broadband Driver Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability | Important |
| Windows Mobile Broadband | CVE-2024-49092 | Windows Mobile Broadband Driver Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability | Important |
| Windows Mobile Broadband | CVE-2024-49087 | Windows Mobile Broadband Driver Information Disclosure Vulnerability | Important |
| Windows Mobile Broadband | CVE-2024-49110 | Windows Mobile Broadband Driver Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability | Important |
| Windows Mobile Broadband | CVE-2024-49078 | Windows Mobile Broadband Driver Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability | Important |
| Windows PrintWorkflowUserSvc | CVE-2024-49095 | Windows PrintWorkflowUserSvc Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability | Important |
| Windows PrintWorkflowUserSvc | CVE-2024-49097 | Windows PrintWorkflowUserSvc Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability | Important |
| Windows Remote Desktop | CVE-2024-49132 | Windows Remote Desktop Services Remote Code Execution Vulnerability | Critical |
| Windows Remote Desktop Services | CVE-2024-49115 | Windows Remote Desktop Services Remote Code Execution Vulnerability | Critical |
| Windows Remote Desktop Services | CVE-2024-49116 | Windows Remote Desktop Services Remote Code Execution Vulnerability | Critical |
| Windows Remote Desktop Services | CVE-2024-49123 | Windows Remote Desktop Services Remote Code Execution Vulnerability | Critical |
| Windows Remote Desktop Services | CVE-2024-49129 | Windows Remote Desktop Gateway (RD Gateway) Denial of Service Vulnerability | Important |
| Windows Remote Desktop Services | CVE-2024-49075 | Windows Remote Desktop Services Denial of Service Vulnerability | Important |
| Windows Remote Desktop Services | CVE-2024-49128 | Windows Remote Desktop Services Remote Code Execution Vulnerability | Critical |
| Windows Remote Desktop Services | CVE-2024-49106 | Windows Remote Desktop Services Remote Code Execution Vulnerability | Critical |
| Windows Remote Desktop Services | CVE-2024-49108 | Windows Remote Desktop Services Remote Code Execution Vulnerability | Critical |
| Windows Remote Desktop Services | CVE-2024-49119 | Windows Remote Desktop Services Remote Code Execution Vulnerability | Critical |
| Windows Remote Desktop Services | CVE-2024-49120 | Windows Remote Desktop Services Remote Code Execution Vulnerability | Critical |
| Windows Resilient File System (ReFS) | CVE-2024-49093 | Windows Resilient File System (ReFS) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability | Important |
| Windows Routing and Remote Access Service (RRAS) | CVE-2024-49085 | Windows Routing and Remote Access Service (RRAS) Remote Code Execution Vulnerability | Important |
| Windows Routing and Remote Access Service (RRAS) | CVE-2024-49086 | Windows Routing and Remote Access Service (RRAS) Remote Code Execution Vulnerability | Important |
| Windows Routing and Remote Access Service (RRAS) | CVE-2024-49089 | Windows Routing and Remote Access Service (RRAS) Remote Code Execution Vulnerability | Important |
| Windows Routing and Remote Access Service (RRAS) | CVE-2024-49125 | Windows Routing and Remote Access Service (RRAS) Remote Code Execution Vulnerability | Important |
| Windows Routing and Remote Access Service (RRAS) | CVE-2024-49104 | Windows Routing and Remote Access Service (RRAS) Remote Code Execution Vulnerability | Important |
| Windows Routing and Remote Access Service (RRAS) | CVE-2024-49102 | Windows Routing and Remote Access Service (RRAS) Remote Code Execution Vulnerability | Important |
| Windows Task Scheduler | CVE-2024-49072 | Windows Task Scheduler Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability | Important |
| Windows Virtualization-Based Security (VBS) Enclave | CVE-2024-49076 | Windows Virtualization-Based Security (VBS) Enclave Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability | Important |
| Windows Wireless Wide Area Network Service | CVE-2024-49081 | Wireless Wide Area Network Service (WwanSvc) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability | Important |
| Windows Wireless Wide Area Network Service | CVE-2024-49103 | Windows Wireless Wide Area Network Service (WwanSvc) Information Disclosure Vulnerability | Important |
| Windows Wireless Wide Area Network Service | CVE-2024-49111 | Wireless Wide Area Network Service (WwanSvc) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability | Important |
| Windows Wireless Wide Area Network Service | CVE-2024-49109 | Wireless Wide Area Network Service (WwanSvc) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability | Important |
| Windows Wireless Wide Area Network Service | CVE-2024-49101 | Wireless Wide Area Network Service (WwanSvc) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability | Important |
| Windows Wireless Wide Area Network Service | CVE-2024-49094 | Wireless Wide Area Network Service (WwanSvc) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability | Important |
| Windows Wireless Wide Area Network Service | CVE-2024-49098 | Windows Wireless Wide Area Network Service (WwanSvc) Information Disclosure Vulnerability | Important |
| Windows Wireless Wide Area Network Service | CVE-2024-49099 | Windows Wireless Wide Area Network Service (WwanSvc) Information Disclosure Vulnerability | Important |
| WmsRepair Service | CVE-2024-49107 | WmsRepair Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability | Important |
Microsoft Patch Tuesday is a practice followed by Microsoft, where on the second Tuesday of each month it releases updates and fixes for its operating systems, programs, and applications. These updates typically include security, performance improvements, and new features.
The purpose of Microsoft Patch Tuesday is to provide Microsoft users with the best possible user experience by fixing issues and ensuring the security of their systems. Security updates help protect systems from security vulnerabilities and malware. These updates fix known security issues and strengthen the resilience of systems against attacks.
Source: www.bleepingcomputer.com
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