Over 60 vulnerabilities detected in popular Microsoft products like Windows, Office among others

Vulnerability notes from CERT-In classified the threats in the High category.

CERT-In detected vulnerabilities in some of the most popular products of Microsoft including Windows, Office that could be exploited by hackers to steal sensitive information.

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Vulnerability notes from CERT-In on Wednesday classified the threats in the High category. The note stated that attackers could exploit these vulnerabilities to escalate privileges, execute arbitrary code, disclose sensitive information, bypass security restrictions and perform denial of services (DoS) on targeted systems. 

In Microsoft Windows and Office, the vulnerability was found to impact the security of these products. Cybercriminals could use this security flaw to remotely execute codes on the targeted systems and even access the information on the compromised system. 

In Microsoft Visual Studio the vulnerability could allow attackers to gain elevated privileges and cause denial of services. 

Similar lapses in the security of software including Microsoft SharePoint, Dynamic CRM, .NET Framework were also reported by CERT-In.

In its blog on Wednesday, Cybersecurity company Kaspersky also stated that they found 64 vulnerabilities affecting Windows Defender and Azure along with other Microsoft products. Some vulnerabilities were specific to ARM 64 based systems on Windows 11.