Dustin Childs

Dustin Childs is a cybersecurity expert and the author of the article titled 'Zero Day Initiative — The July 2024 Security Update Review'. In this article, Childs provides a detailed analysis of the security updates released by Microsoft and Adobe in July 2024. He covers patches for various products including Windows, Office, Azure, Dynamics Business Central, and Visual Studio. Childs also highlights critical vulnerabilities such as the Microsoft Message Queuing (MSMQ) Remote Code Execution Vulnerability and the Microsoft Outlook Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. Additionally, he discusses privilege escalation bugs, information disclosure bugs, and Denial-of-Service vulnerabilities. Childs promises to return with details and patch analysis on the next Patch Tuesday.

Biography:  https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/blog/2024/6/11/the-june-2024-security-update-review

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Contradictions

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  • Microsoft fixed a Windows zero-day vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-38112, which had been actively exploited in attacks for eighteen months.
  • The flaw is a high-severity MHTML spoofing issue that allows malicious scripts to bypass built-in security features.

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Recent Articles

Microsoft's July 2024 Security Update: Patching the High-Severity CVE-2024-38112 Spoofing Vulnerability in Windows MSHTML Platform

Microsoft's July 2024 Security Update: Patching the High-Severity CVE-2024-38112 Spoofing Vulnerability in Windows MSHTML Platform

Broke On: Tuesday, 09 July 2024 In July 2024, Microsoft patched a year-long exploited high severity vulnerability (CVE-2024-38112) in the Windows MSHTML Platform. Attackers disguised malicious files or websites to trick users into opening them, bypassing modern security features and executing remote code on their systems.