Tripwire’s October 2024 Patch Priority Index (PPI) brings together important vulnerabilities for Microsoft.

First on the list are patches for Microsoft Edge, Office, Excel, and Visio that resolve remote code execution, elevation of privilege, and spoofing vulnerabilities.

Next are patches that affect components of the core Windows operating system. These patches resolve over 80 vulnerabilities, including elevation of privilege, information disclosure, security feature bypass, denial of service, and remote code execution vulnerabilities. These vulnerabilities affect core Windows, Kernel, Win32k, Graphics Component, MSHTML, Mobile Broadband Driver, Resilient Filesystem, Cryptographic, Remote Desktop Client, NAT, LSA, Shell, Secure Kernel Mode, and others.

Up next are patches for Visual Studio, Visual Studio Code, .NET, and .NET Framework. These patches resolve remote code execution and denial of service vulnerabilities.

Lastly, administrators should focus on server-side patches for Windows Remote Desktop Licensing Service, Remote Desktop Services, OpenSSH for Windows, Kerberos, Hyper-V, Power BI, and SharePoint. These patches resolve information disclosure, denial of service, remote code execution, tampering, security feature bypass, and elevation of privilege vulnerabilities.

Up next are patches for Visual Studio, Visual Studio Code, .NET, and .NET Framework. These patches resolve remote code execution and denial of service vulnerabilities.

Lastly, administrators should focus on server-side patches for Windows Remote Desktop Licensing Service, Remote Desktop Services, OpenSSH for Windows, Kerberos, Power BI, and SharePoint. These patches resolve information disclosure, denial of service, remote code execution, tampering, security feature bypass, and elevation of privilege vulnerabilities.