Microsoft Releases May 2021 Security Updates
Affected platforms
The following platforms are known to be affected:
The following platforms are also known to be affected:
.NET Core & Visual Studio
HTTP.sys
Microsoft Accessibility Insights for Web
Microsoft Bluetooth Driver
Microsoft Dynamics Finance & Operations
Microsoft Graphics Component
Microsoft Office Excel
Microsoft Office SharePoint
Microsoft Windows Codecs Library
Microsoft Windows IrDA
Open Source Software
Role: Hyper-V
Skype for Business and Microsoft Lync
Visual Studio Code
Windows Container Isolation FS Filter Driver
Windows Container Manager Service
Windows Cryptographic Services
Windows CSC Service
Windows Desktop Bridge
Windows OLE
Windows Projected File System FS Filter
Windows RDP Client
Windows SMB
Windows SSDP Service
Windows WalletService
Windows Wireless Networking
Threat details
Introduction
Microsoft has released updates to address multiple vulnerabilities in Microsoft software. A remote attacker can exploit some of these vulnerabilities to take control of an affected system.
Remediation advice
Organisations are encouraged to review Microsoft’s May 2021 Security Update Summary and Deployment Information and apply the necessary updates.
Last edited: 12 May 2021 11:46 am