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Microsoft’s April Patch Tuesday Fixes Two Windows Zero-Days

Microsoft says its Patch Tuesday rollup includes fixes for two vulnerabilities in Windows that have been actively exploited.

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It's that time of the month where runs a broom through its services to clean them of bugs. April's yesterday solved 74 vulnerability across Microsoft solutions, including two Windows zero-day flaws that have already been exploited.

Microsoft explains the two vulnerabilities exposed the same vulnerability. Both zero-days allowed attackers to elevate privileges on Win32k, a major part of the running operation of the Windows OS.

The company lists the flaws as CVE-2019-0803 and CVE-2019-0859. Microsoft names the vulnerabilities as the same, even though they were both found independently by Kaspersky Lab and Alibaba Cloud Intelligence.

Win32k was found to be failing to handle memory properly. An attacker exploiting this flaw could run arbitrary code in the kernel and gain system rights. Once with privileges, a bad actor could make changes to data, delete content, create new accounts, or install other malicious programs.

It is worth noting to gain access the attacker would need physical access to log onto the system. Microsoft says the problem has been solved and Win32k now handles memory securely. However, the company says both vulnerabilities have had active exploits.

Elsewhere, Microsoft detailed other non-zero-day bugs affecting its services. Three issues were found in Office Access Connectivity (CVE-2019-0824, CVE-2019-0825, CVE-2019-0827). Each of these vulnerabilities would allow hackers to execute malicious code. These are interesting problems because the attacker could exploit them remotely.

Full Patch Tuesday Log

Tag CVE ID CVE Title
Servicing Stack Updates ADV990001 Latest Servicing Stack Updates
Adobe Flash Player ADV190011 April 2019 Adobe Flash Security Update
.NET Core CVE-2019-0815 ASP.NET Core Denial of Service Vulnerability
CSRSS CVE-2019-0735 Windows CSRSS Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Microsoft Browsers CVE-2019-0764 Microsoft Browsers Tampering Vulnerability
Microsoft Edge CVE-2019-0833 Microsoft Edge Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Microsoft Exchange Server CVE-2019-0817 Microsoft Exchange Spoofing Vulnerability
Microsoft Exchange Server CVE-2019-0858 Microsoft Exchange Spoofing Vulnerability
Microsoft Graphics Component CVE-2019-0803 Win32k Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Microsoft Graphics Component CVE-2019-0802 Windows GDI Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Microsoft Graphics Component CVE-2019-0849 Windows GDI Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Microsoft Graphics Component CVE-2019-0853 GDI+ Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Microsoft JET Database Engine CVE-2019-0851 Jet Database Engine Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Microsoft JET Database Engine CVE-2019-0879 Jet Database Engine Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Microsoft JET Database Engine CVE-2019-0877 Jet Database Engine Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Microsoft JET Database Engine CVE-2019-0847 Jet Database Engine Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Microsoft JET Database Engine CVE-2019-0846 Jet Database Engine Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
CVE-2019-0826 Microsoft Office Access Connectivity Engine Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Microsoft Office CVE-2019-0801 Office Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Microsoft Office CVE-2019-0823 Microsoft Office Access Connectivity Engine Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Microsoft Office CVE-2019-0828 Microsoft Excel Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Microsoft Office CVE-2019-0822 Microsoft Graphics Components Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Microsoft Office CVE-2019-0827 Microsoft Office Access Connectivity Engine Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Microsoft Office CVE-2019-0824 Microsoft Office Access Connectivity Engine Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Microsoft Office CVE-2019-0825 Microsoft Office Access Connectivity Engine Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Microsoft Office SharePoint CVE-2019-0831 Microsoft Office SharePoint XSS Vulnerability
Microsoft Office SharePoint CVE-2019-0830 Microsoft Office SharePoint XSS Vulnerability
Microsoft Scripting Engine CVE-2019-0752 Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Microsoft Scripting Engine CVE-2019-0861 Chakra Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Microsoft Scripting Engine CVE-2019-0862 Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Microsoft Scripting Engine CVE-2019-0860 Chakra Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Microsoft Scripting Engine CVE-2019-0835 Microsoft Scripting Engine Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Microsoft Scripting Engine CVE-2019-0753 Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Microsoft Scripting Engine CVE-2019-0806 Chakra Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Microsoft Scripting Engine CVE-2019-0739 Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Microsoft Scripting Engine CVE-2019-0810 Chakra Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Microsoft Scripting Engine CVE-2019-0812 Chakra Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Microsoft Scripting Engine CVE-2019-0829 Chakra Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability
CVE-2019-0840 Windows Kernel Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Microsoft Windows CVE-2019-0838 Windows Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Microsoft Windows CVE-2019-0796 Windows Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Microsoft Windows CVE-2019-0839 Windows Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Microsoft Windows CVE-2019-0836 Windows Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Microsoft Windows CVE-2019-0837 DirectX Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Microsoft Windows CVE-2019-0794 OLE Automation Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Microsoft Windows CVE-2019-0814 Win32k Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Microsoft Windows CVE-2019-0805 Windows Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Microsoft Windows CVE-2019-0848 Win32k Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Microsoft Windows CVE-2019-0730 Windows Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Microsoft Windows CVE-2019-0688 Windows TCP/IP Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Microsoft Windows CVE-2019-0845 Windows IOleCvt Interface Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Microsoft Windows CVE-2019-0685 Win32k Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Microsoft Windows CVE-2019-0842 Windows VBScript Engine Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Microsoft Windows CVE-2019-0841 Windows Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Microsoft Windows CVE-2019-0731 Windows Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Microsoft Windows CVE-2019-0732 Feature Bypass Vulnerability
Microsoft XML CVE-2019-0793 MS XML Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Microsoft XML CVE-2019-0791 MS XML Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Microsoft XML CVE-2019-0790 MS XML Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Microsoft XML CVE-2019-0792 MS XML Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Microsoft XML CVE-2019-0795 MS XML Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Software CVE-2019-0876 Open Enclave SDK Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Team Foundation Server CVE-2019-0870 Team Foundation Server Cross-site Scripting Vulnerability
Team Foundation Server CVE-2019-0869 Team Foundation Server HTML Injection Vulnerability
Team Foundation Server CVE-2019-0868 Team Foundation Server Cross-site Scripting Vulnerability
Team Foundation Server CVE-2019-0874 Team Foundation Server Cross-site Scripting Vulnerability
Team Foundation Server CVE-2019-0871 Team Foundation Server Cross-site Scripting Vulnerability
Team Foundation Server CVE-2019-0875 Azure DevOps Server Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Team Foundation Server CVE-2019-0867 Team Foundation Server Cross-site Scripting Vulnerability
Team Foundation Server CVE-2019-0857 Team Foundation Server Spoofing Vulnerability
Team Foundation Server CVE-2019-0866 Team Foundation Server Cross-site Scripting Vulnerability
Windows Admin Center CVE-2019-0813 Windows Admin Center Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Windows Kernel CVE-2019-0856 Windows Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Windows Kernel CVE-2019-0859 Win32k Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Windows Kernel CVE-2019-0844 Windows Kernel Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Windows SMB Server CVE-2019-0786 SMB Server Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
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Luke has been writing about all things tech for more than five years. He is following Microsoft closely to bring you the latest news about Windows, Office, Azure, Skype, HoloLens and all the rest of their products.

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