Tag Archives: Patchday 12.2021

Microsoft confirms issues in all Access versions after December 2021 Update

Posted on 2021-12-17 by guenni

[German]The December 14, 2021 security updates for Microsoft Office (MSI installer version) cause issues with Microsoft Access. Only one user can still access the databases. In the meantime it is clear that the Click-2-Run versions of Office/Access are also affected … Continue reading →

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Windows 10/11-Updates blocks tools to redirect Edge protocol associations

Posted on 2021-12-16 by guenni

[German]They did, with the December 2021 security updates, tools that allow Edge log redirection to other browsers were blocked. Tools like EdgeDeflector are thus simply blocked and the user has to display the information in question in Microsoft Edge as … Continue reading →

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Update fixes Windows AppX installer 0-day vulnerability CVE-2021-43890 (used by Emotet)

Posted on 2021-12-16 by guenni

[German]Another addendum from the December 2021 patchday regarding the AppX installer used in Windows. Microsoft has closed the Windows AppX Installer spoofing vulnerability CVE-2021-43890 with an update. The Emotet gang has been trying to exploit this vulnerability to infect systems … Continue reading →

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Patchday: Windows 11 Updates (December 14, 2021)

Posted on 2021-12-15 by guenni

[German]On December 14, 2021 (second Tuesday of the month, Patchday at Microsoft), Microsoft has also released a cumulative update for Windows 11, which was released on October 5, 2021. The update is supposed to fix various issues. Here are some … Continue reading →

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Patchday: Updates für Windows 7/Server 2008 R2 (Dezember 14, 2021)

Posted on 2021-12-15 by guenni

[German]On December 14, Microsoft has released various updates for Windows 7 SP1 systems that are still in ESU support. Also with ESU Bypass v11 the whole thing still works. But these security updates are also available for Windows Server 2008 … Continue reading →

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Patchday: Windows 8.1/Server 2012-Updates (December 14, 2021)

Posted on 2021-12-15 by guenni

[German]On December 14, Microsoft released various updates for Windows 8.1. However, these security updates are also available for Windows Server 2012 R2. Here is some information on the Monthly Rollup and Security only updates for these operating systems. Advertising

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Patchday: Microsoft Office December 2021 updates (14.12.2021) causes Access issues

Posted on 2021-12-15 by guenni

[German]On December 14, 2021 (second Tuesday of the month, Microsoft Patchday), Microsoft has released several security-related updates for still supported Microsoft Office versions and other products. An RCE vulnerability in Excel is closed again. For Microsoft Access, however, an update … Continue reading →

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Patchday: Windows 10 Updates (December 14, 2021)

Posted on 2021-12-15 by guenni

[German]On December 14, 2021 (second Tuesday of the month, Patchday at Microsoft), various cumulative updates for the supported Windows 10 builds (from RTM version to the current version) were released. Here are some details about each of the Patchday security … Continue reading →

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Microsoft Security Update Summary (December 14, 2021)

Posted on 2021-12-15 by guenni

[German]On December 14, Microsoft released security updates for Windows clients and servers, for Office etc. – as well as for other products (but not for Exchange) – were released. Below is a compact overview of these updates released on Patchday. … Continue reading →

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