Security News > 2020 > October > Microsoft Patches Several Publicly Disclosed Windows Vulnerabilities
Microsoft has fixed nearly 90 vulnerabilities with its October 2020 Patch Tuesday updates and while none of them has been exploited in attacks, several of the flaws were publicly disclosed before the patches were released.
The publicly disclosed vulnerabilities have been classified as important severity and their exploitation can lead to information disclosure or privilege escalation.
Two of the disclosed vulnerabilities affect the Windows kernel.
Nearly a dozen of the vulnerabilities patched by Microsoft this month have been rated critical.
"We expect a PoC for this exploit would be dropped soon, and we highly encourage everyone to fix this vulnerability as soon as possible. Microsoft has also provided a workaround for this vulnerability and strongly recommends installing updates for this vulnerability quickly."
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