Like every month, Microsoft releases its patch. The June version is special since Patch Tuesday fixes no less than 129 vulnerabilities of Windows 10. A record.
Although the number of faults detected is significant, the Redmond company ensures that no exploitation of identified vulnerabilities is to be deplored. This is good news, especially since among the 129 security vulnerabilities, eleven vulnerabilities have been deemed critical.
Is it urgent to install this patch?
The publication of such a patch could still motivate malicious people to delve into it in order to identify flaws that they could exploit before the updates are installed by all Windows users. 10. This is why it is important to install the patch as soon as possible.
It is all the more crucial to install the patch on networked machines not connected to the Internet because of the CVE-2020-1299 flaw. "An attacker could use this vulnerability to obtain code execution by having an affected system process a file. LNK compromised. These types of files are often placed on a USB drive in an attempt to attack networked machines not connected to the Internet, "said a member of the Zero Day Initiative research team.
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Previous Windows 10 updates, however, have shown that it is sometimes better to wait before installing them. Indeed, the latest updates to the Microsoft OS have caused many bugs among many users. Waiting for the first feedback from the community could be a good idea, to avoid possible bugs.
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