The Patch Tuesday May 2020 security updates have arrived! Microsoft released 111 security updates for 12 different products. The vulnerabilities aren’t publicly exploited or disclosed for now but we advise you to inspect all your devices and install the new patches.
⚡ TL;DR | Go Straight to the May 2020 Patch Tuesday Audit Report.
It covers products from Visual Studio, .NET Framework, Edge, Windows, Power BI, Microsoft Dynamics, and .NET Core. Even Adobe joined this release with updates for Reader and Acrobat that will resolve 24 unique CVE codes (with 12 critical CVE codes).
Patch Tuesday May 2020 Priorities
Get your priorities straight! You have to check the exploit rating: if this has a rating of one, it means that exploitation is more likely for this vulnerability. So it’s important to look at the critical ones but don’t forget that the most exploited vulnerabilities are rated as important. There are different metrics in place to help you prioritize like Exploitability Assessment, Publicly Disclosed or Exploited. Our Lansweeper report will help you prioritize, which are for this Patch Tuesday May 2020 edition:
- Office and Sharepoint
- Windows Operating System
- Microsoft Sharepoint
Run the Patch Tuesday Audit Report
Similar to previous months, we’ve created an Audit Report that 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 of 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.
Overview: May 2020 Security Updates
We have compiled a list of all the security updates in the Patch Tuesday, May 2020 update.
| Product Name | CVE Code | CVE Vulnerability Description |
|---|---|---|
| Microsoft Sharepoint | CVE-2020-1023 | Microsoft SharePoint Remote Code Execution |
| Microsoft Sharepoint | CVE-2020-1024 | Microsoft SharePoint Remote Code Execution |
| Microsoft Sharepoint | CVE-2020-1102 | Microsoft SharePoint Remote Code Execution |
| Windows Operating System | CVE-2020-1067 | Windows Remote Code Execution |
| MSHTML Engine | CVE-2020-1064 | MSHTML Engine Remote Code Execution |
| Microsoft Edge PDF | CVE-2020-1096 | Microsoft Edge PDF Remote Code Execution |
| Jet Database | CVE-2020-1051 | Jet Database Engine Remote Code |
| Jet Database | CVE-2020-1174 | Jet Database Engine Remote Code |
| Jet Database | CVE-2020-1175 | Jet Database Engine Remote Code |
| Jet Database | CVE-2020-1176 | Jet Database Engine Remote Code |
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