⚡ TL;DR - Go Straight to the September Patch Tuesday Audit Report .

Microsoft released its September Patch Tuesday 2019 software updates and two advisories to address a total of 79 vulnerabilities in its Windows operating systems and other products. Including 17 rated as critical.

Microsoft resolved a total of 79 unique CVEs this month, including two actively exploited and three publicly disclosed vulnerabilities, all of which affect the Windows operating systems.

Actively Exploited:

CVE-2019-1214 - Windows Common Log File System Driver Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

CVE-2019-1215 - Windows Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Publicly Disclosed:

CVE-2019-1235 - Windows Text Service Framework Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

CVE-2019-1253 - Windows Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

CVE-2019-1294 - Windows Secure Boot Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability

�"� [Release Notes Published] The following release notes coincide with Cumulative Updates for Tuesday, September 10th, 2019. — Windows Update (@WindowsUpdate) September 10, 2019

With the September Patch Tuesday updates, Microsoft has also fixed 4 vulnerabilities with IDs CVE-2019-0787, CVE-2019-0788, CVE-2019-1290, CVE-2019-1291 that can allow remote code execution if connecting to a malicious server.

Microsoft Fixes Windows 10 High CPU Usage in Cortana

As part of September's Patch Tuesday, Microsoft has released the Windows 10 KB4515384 cumulative update which fixes the high CPU usage issue in Cortana's SearchUI.exe process that was reported earlier. The issue was being caused if users had disabled searching the web from Windows Search.

Run the September Patch Tuesday Audit Report

Similar to previous months , we've created an audit report which checks if the assets in your network are on the latest Microsoft patch update . It's color-coded to give you an easy and quick overview which assets are already on the latest Windows update, and which ones still need to be patched. All admins are advised to install these security updates as soon as possible to protect Windows from security risks.

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