June 2022 patch day review: Windows update issues, Intel vulnerability, documentation fails

Posted on 2022-06-15 by guenni

Windows[German]The security updates released on June 14, 2022, closes numerous vulnerabilities. But there are also issues, for example with VMs and when using ESET security solutions. I've noticed also that Microsoft is becoming more and more sparse with details in its KB articles – you have to hunt down the information. Also, vulnerabilities have been quietly patched in Microsoft Azure after pressure from security researchers. Below is a summary of miscellaneous information, observations, and notices of issues for the June 2022 patch day.

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Microsoft patches Follina vulnerability (CVE-2022-30190) in Windows with June 2022 updates

Posted on 2022-06-15 by guenni

Windows[German]The security updates for Windows released on June 14, 2022, also closed the vulnerability in the ms-msdt: protocol that allowed the misuse of the Microsoft Support Diagnostics Utility. The vulnerability known as Follina, CVE-2022-30190, is already being exploited in attacks. Microsoft does not write anything about this fix in the support articles for the individual updates. Therefore, I summarize the relevant information in the following post.

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Windows 7/Server 2008R2; Windows 8.1/Server 2012R2: Updates (June 14, 2022)

Posted on 2022-06-15 by guenni

Windows[German]Microsoft has also released security updates for Windows 7 and 8.1 as well as for the Windows Server counterparts 2008 R2 and 2012/R2 on Patchday. Here is an overview of these updates for Windows 7/8.1 and the corresponding Windows Server versions 2008 R2 and 2012/R2.

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Patchday: Windows 11/Server 2022 Updates (June 14, 2022)

Posted on 2022-06-15 by guenni

Windows[German]On June 14 (second Tuesday of the month, Patchday at Microsoft), Microsoft also released a cumulative update for Windows 11, which will be released on October 5, 2021. The update is supposed to fix various problems. In addition, Windows Server 2022 received an update. Here are some details about these updates.

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Patchday: Windows 10-Updates (June 14, 2022)

Posted on 2022-06-15 by guenni

Windows[German]On June 14, 2022 (second Tuesday of the month, patchday at Microsoft), various cumulative updates for the supported Windows 10 builds (from the RTM version to the current version) were released. In the process, the vulnerability in MSDT called Follina was also closed. Here are some details about the respective security updates.

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Microsoft Security Update Summary (June 14, 2022)

Posted on 2022-06-15 by guenni

Update[German]On June 14, 2022, Microsoft released security updates for Windows clients and servers, for Office, etc. – as well as for other products – were released. Among other things, the Follina vulnerability in Windows was patched. The security updates also eliminate 55 vulnerabilities. Below is a compact overview of these updates that were released on Patchday.

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Microsoft Defender: New Feature "Hacked Device Isolation" & new "Sandboxing" Problem

Posted on 2022-06-14 by guenni

Sicherheit (Pexels, allgemeine Nutzung)[German]Microsoft Defender is in use at many companies. I read the other day that Microsoft Defender can now be used to isolate unmanaged Windows devices that have been hacked. Further, I got a report from a user about issues with Defender cauing issues like Word no longer starts. I summarize the two topics in this collective post.

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Internet Explorer 11 reaches end-of-life (EOL) on June 15, 2022

Posted on 2022-06-14 by guenni

[German]Another short information for the blog readers, who may still have the Internet Explorer 11 from Microsoft under Windows in use. On today's patchday, June 14, 2022, the browser will receive security updates for various Windows versions for the last time and will then be removed from support (on June 15, 2022).

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Microsoft Edge 102.0.1245.41 fixes vulnerabilities and PDF printing issue

Posted on 2022-06-14 by guenni

Edge[German]has updated the Edge browser in the stable channel to version 102.0.1245.41 as of June 13, 2022 to fix security vulnerabilities. It also looks like the PDF printing issues have been fixed. Thanks to blog readers for the tips.

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Cyber Trends: ESET Thread Report 2022, and Palo Alto Top-Ransomware List

Posted on 2022-06-13 by guenni

Sicherheit (Pexels, allgemeine Nutzung)[German]ESET has presented its Thread Report 2022 with various statistics and explains, for example, the drastic drop in RDP attacks at the beginning of 2022. Palo Alto Networks provides an overview of which ransomware groups have which share of infections. LockBit currently seems to be by far the most successful group. The "flop of the week" is about a USB security stick from Verbatim that is easy to hack.

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