Microsoft and Adobe Patch Tuesday (September 2021) – Microsoft 60 Vulnerabilities with 3 Critical, Adobe 61 Vulnerabilities

Animesh Jain

Last updated on: October 27, 2022

Microsoft Patch Tuesday – September 2021

Microsoft patched 60 vulnerabilities in their September 2021 Patch Tuesday release, and an additional 26 CVEs since September 1st. Among the 60 released in the September Patch Tuesday, 3 of them are rated as critical severity, one as moderate, and 56 as important.

Critical Microsoft Vulnerabilities Patched

CVE-2021-40444 – Microsoft MSHTML Remote Code Execution Vulnerability 

This vulnerability has been publicly disclosed and is known to be exploited. The vulnerability allows for remote code execution via MSHTML, a component used by Internet Explorer and Office. Microsoft also released a workaround to show how users can disable ActiveX controls in IE. The vendor has assigned a CVSSv3 base score of 8.8. It should be prioritized for patching.

CVE-2021-26435 – Windows Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability 

Microsoft released patches addressing a critical remote code execution vulnerability in Windows Scripting Engine. The exploitation of this vulnerability requires an attacker to convince users to click a link and then open a specially-crafted file. The vendor has assigned a CVSSv3 base score of 8.8. It should be prioritized for patching. 

CVE-2021-36965 – Windows WLAN AutoConfig Service Remote Code Execution Vulnerability 

This vulnerability does not allow user interaction and also has a low complexity for attack. The vendor has assigned a CVSSv3 base score of 8.8. It should be prioritized for patching.

CVE-2021-38633CVE-2021-36963 – Windows Common Log File System Driver Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability 

The vulnerabilities allow an attacker to gain elevated privileges to make changes to the victim’s system. These CVEs have a high likelihood of exploitability and is assigned a CVSSv3 base score of 7.8 by the vendor. It should be prioritized for patching. 

CVE-2021-38671 – Windows Print Spooler Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

This CVE has a high likelihood of exploitability and is assigned a CVSSv3 base score of 7.8 by the vendor. It should be prioritized for patching.

Qualys QIDs Providing Coverage

QIDTitleSeverityCVE ID
375861Microsoft Edge Based On Chromium Prior to 93.0.961.47 Multiple VulnerabilitiesHighCVE-2021-30632
110390Microsoft Office and Microsoft Office Services and Web Apps Security Update September 2021HighCVE-2021-38655,CVE-2021-38650,CVE-2021-38654,CVE-2021-38653,CVE-2021-38658,CVE-2021-38646,CVE-2021-38660,CVE-2021-38657,CVE-2021-38656,CVE-2021-38659
110391Microsoft SharePoint Enterprise Server Multiple Vulnerabilities September 2021MediumCVE-2021-38651,CVE-2021-38652
375860Azure Open Management Infrastructure Multiple VulnerabilitiesMedium  CVE-2021-38645 CVE-2021-38647 CVE-2021-38648 CVE-2021-38649 
 
91821
Microsoft Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (KB5005563)
MediumKB5005563 
375854Visual Studio Code Spoofing Vulnerability  MediumCVE-2021-26437 
45505Microsoft MSHTML Remote Code Execution Vulnerability Active X Controls Disabled (Mitigation for CVE-2021-40444 Enabled)Low
91815Microsoft Visual Studio Security Update for September 2021  Medium  CVE-2021-26434 CVE-2021-36952 
91816Microsoft Windows Security Update for September 2021HighCVE-2021-38667,CVE-2021-38639,CVE-2021-38638,CVE-2021-38637,CVE-2021-26435,CVE-2021-40447,CVE-2021-38671,CVE-2021-36965,CVE-2021-36967,CVE-2021-36974,CVE-2021-36972,CVE-2021-36966,CVE-2021-36969,CVE-2021-36973,CVE-2021-36962,CVE-2021-36961,CVE-2021-36964,CVE-2021-36963,CVE-2021-36959,CVE-2021-36968,CVE-2021-36975,CVE-2021-38636,CVE-2021-38635,CVE-2021-38633,CVE-2021-38629,CVE-2021-38628,CVE-2021-38634,CVE-2021-38632,CVE-2021-38630,CVE-2021-38624,CVE-2021-36955,CVE-2021-36954,CVE-2021-36960,CVE-2021-36958
91817Microsoft Dynamics Business Central Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability September 2021MediumCVE-2021-40440
91818Microsoft Windows Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability September 2021HighCVE-2021-38625,CVE-2021-38626
91819Microsoft Windows Codecs Library HEVC Video Extensions Remote Code Execution (RCE) Vulnerability – September 2021HighCVE-2021-38661 
91820Microsoft MPEG-2 Video Extension Remote Code Execution (RCE) VulnerabilityHighCVE-2021-38644 

Adobe Patch Tuesday – September 2021

Adobe addressed 61 CVEs this Patch Tuesday impacting Adobe Acrobat and Reader, ColdFusion, Premiere Pro, Adobe InCopy, Adobe SVG-Native Viewer, InDesign, Framemaker, Creative Cloud Desktop Apps, Photoshop Elements, Premiere Elements, Digital Editions, Genuine Service, Photoshop, XMP Toolit SDK and Experience Manager.

The patches for Adobe Acrobat and Reader, ColdFusion and Experience Manager are labeled as Priority 2, while the remaining patches are labeled as Priority 3

Adobe Security BulletinQIDSeverityCVE ID
Adobe Security Update for Adobe Acrobat and Adobe Reader (APSB21-55) 375845MediumCVE-2021-39841, CVE-2021-39863, CVE-2021-39857, CVE-2021-39856, CVE-2021-39855, CVE-2021-39844, CVE-2021-39861, CVE-2021-39858, CVE-2021-39843, CVE-2021-39846, CVE-2021-39845, CVE-2021-35982, CVE-2021-39859, CVE-2021-39840, CVE-2021-39842, CVE-2021-39839, CVE-2021-39838,CVE-2021-39837,CVE-2021-39836,CVE-2021-39860,CVE-2021-39852,CVE-2021-39854,CVE-2021-39853,CVE-2021-39850,CVE-2021-39849,CVE-2021-39851

Discover Patch Tuesday Vulnerabilities in VMDR

Qualys VMDR automatically detects new Patch Tuesday vulnerabilities using continuous updates to its Knowledge Base (KB).

You can see all your impacted hosts by these vulnerabilities using the following QQL query:

vulnerabilities.vulnerability:(qid:`375861` OR qid:`110390` OR qid:`110391` OR qid:`375860` OR qid:`91821` OR qid:`375854` OR qid:`45505` OR qid:`91815` OR qid:`91816` OR qid:`91817` OR qid:`91818` OR qid:`91819` OR qid:`91820`)

Respond by Patching

VMDR rapidly remediates Windows hosts by deploying the most relevant and applicable per-technology version patches. You can simply select respective QIDs in the Patch Catalog and filter on the “Missing” patches to identify and deploy the applicable, available patches in one go.

The following QQL will return the missing patches pertaining to this Patch Tuesday.

(qid:`375861` OR qid:`110390` OR qid:`110391` OR qid:`375860` OR qid:`91821` OR qid:`375854` OR qid:`45505` OR qid:`91815` OR qid:`91816` OR qid:`91817` OR qid:`91818` OR qid:`91819` OR qid:`91820`)

Patch Tuesday Dashboard

The current updated Patch Tuesday dashboards are available in Dashboard Toolbox: 2021 Patch Tuesday Dashboard.

Webinar Series: This Month in Vulnerabilities and Patches

To help customers leverage the seamless integration between Qualys VMDR and Patch Management and reduce the median time to remediate critical vulnerabilities, the Qualys Research team is hosting a monthly webinar series This Month in Vulnerabilities and Patches.

We discuss some of the key vulnerabilities disclosed in the past month and how to patch them: 

  • Microsoft Patch Tuesday, September 2021 
  • Adobe Patch Tuesday, September 2021 

Join us live or watch on demand!

Thursday, September 16, 2021 or later on demand

About Patch Tuesday

Patch Tuesday QIDs are published at Security Alerts, typically late in the evening of Patch Tuesday, followed shortly after by PT dashboards.

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