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Microsoft Patch Tuesday- Apr 2022

Issued: 
Thursday, 14 April, 2022
Last Revision: 
Thursday, 14 April, 2022
Vendor: 
Severity Level: 
Summary: 

Microsoft has released patches for 128 vulnerabilities (excluding 26 Microsoft Edge vulnerabilities) with ten classified as critical including two zero-days and rest are classified as important. One of the zero-day vulnerability (CVE-2022-24521) has been actively exploited.  

 

In Apr 2022 Microsoft has fixed problems of Elevation of Privilege, Security Feature Bypass, Remote code execution (RCE), Information Disclosure, Denial of Service, and Spoofing Vulnerabilities.

 

Products patched in this month security update includes- Microsoft Windows and Windows Components, Microsoft Defender and Defender for Endpoint, Microsoft Dynamics, Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based), Exchange Server, Office and Office Components, , Windows Hyper-V, DNS Server, Skype for Business, .NET and Visual Studio, Windows App Store and Windows Print Spooler Components.

 

 

CVE/Vulnerability

   Description 

CVSS3.0 Score

CVE-2022-24521

Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

7.8

CVE-2022-26904

Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

7.0

CVE-2022-26809

Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

9.8

CVE-2022-24491

Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

9.8

CVE-2022-24497

Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

9.8

CVE-2022-23259

Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

8.8

CVE-2022-22008

Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

7.8

CVE-2022-23257

Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

8.8

CVE-2022-24537

Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

7.8

CVE-2022-26919

Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

8.1

CVE-2022-24541

Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

8.8

CVE-2022-24500

Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

8.8

CVE-2022-26815

Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

7.2

 

Table 1: Vulnerability details 

 

 

 

Security Update Types

   Affected Product(s)

Critical Security Updates

Windows 10 for 32-bit Systems

Windows 10 for x64-based Systems

Windows 10 Version 1607 for 32-bit Systems

Windows 10 Version 1607 for x64-based Systems

Windows 10 Version 1809 for 32-bit Systems

Windows 10 Version 1809 for ARM64-based Systems

Windows 10 Version 1809 for x64-based Systems

Windows 10 Version 1909 for 32-bit Systems

Windows 10 Version 1909 for ARM64-based Systems

Windows 10 Version 1909 for x64-based Systems

Windows 10 Version 20H2 for 32-bit Systems

Windows 10 Version 20H2 for ARM64-based Systems

Windows 10 Version 20H2 for x64-based Systems

Windows 10 Version 21H1 for 32-bit Systems

Windows 10 Version 21H1 for ARM64-based Systems

Windows 10 Version 21H1 for x64-based Systems

Windows 10 Version 21H2 for 32-bit Systems

Windows 10 Version 21H2 for ARM64-based Systems

Windows 10 Version 21H2 for x64-based Systems

Windows 11 for ARM64-based Systems

Windows 11 for x64-based Systems

Windows 7 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 1

Windows 7 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1

Windows 8.1 for 32-bit systems

Windows 8.1 for x64-based systems

Windows RT 8.1

Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 2

Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 2 (Server Core installation)

Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 2

Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 2 (Server Core installation)

Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1

Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1 (Server Core installation)

Windows Server 2012

Windows Server 2012 (Server Core installation)

Windows Server 2012 R2

Windows Server 2012 R2 (Server Core installation)

Windows Server 2016

Windows Server 2016  (Server Core installation)

Windows Server 2019

Windows Server 2019  (Server Core installation)

Windows Server 2022

Windows Server 2022 (Server Core installation)

Windows Server, version 20H2 (Server Core Installation)

Microsoft Dynamics 365 (on-premises) version 9.0 Microsoft Dynamics 365 (on-premises) version 9.1

 

 

Important Security Updates

Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise for 32-bit Systems

Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise for 64-bit Systems

Microsoft Office LTSC 2021 for 32-bit editions

Microsoft Office LTSC 2021 for 64-bit editions

Microsoft Office LTSC for Mac 2021

Microsoft Excel 2013 RT Service Pack 1

Microsoft Excel 2013 Service Pack 1 (32-bit editions)

Microsoft Excel 2013 Service Pack 1 (64-bit editions)

Microsoft Excel 2016 (32-bit edition)

Microsoft Excel 2016 (64-bit edition)

Microsoft Office 2013 RT Service Pack 1

Microsoft Office 2013 Service Pack 1 (32-bit editions)

Microsoft Office 2013 Service Pack 1 (64-bit editions)

Microsoft Office 2016 (32-bit edition)

Microsoft Office 2016 (64-bit edition)

Microsoft Office 2019 for 32-bit editions

Microsoft Office 2019 for 64-bit editions

Microsoft Office 2019 for Mac

Microsoft Office Online Server

Microsoft Office Web Apps Server 2013 Service Pack 1

Microsoft SharePoint Enterprise Server 2016

Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2013 Service Pack 1

Microsoft SharePoint Server 2016

Microsoft SharePoint Server 2019

Microsoft SharePoint Server Subscription Edition

Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 Service Pack 2

Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 Service Pack 2

Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5

Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 AND 4.7.2

Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 AND 4.8

Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5.1

Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5.2

Microsoft .NET Framework 4.6

Microsoft .NET Framework 4.6/4.6.1/4.6.2/4.7/4.7.1/4.7.2

Microsoft .NET Framework 4.8

Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 version 15.9 (includes 15.0 - 15.8)

Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 version 16.11 (includes 16.0 - 16.10)

Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 version 16.7 (includes 16.0 - 16.6)

Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 version 16.9 (includes 16.0 - 16.8)

Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.0

Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.1

Visual Studio 2019 for Mac version 8.10

Visual Studio Code

Skype for Business Server 2015 CU12

Skype for Business Server 2019 CU6

Microsoft Lync Server 2013 CU10

Windows Upgrade Assistant

Azure SDK for .Net

Azure Site Recovery VMWare to Azure

HEVC Video Extension

HEVC Video Extensions

Microsoft Malware Protection Engine

Microsoft On-Premises Data Gateway

YARP 1.0

YARP 1.1RC

 

 

 

                                                                                    Table 2: Vulnerable versions

 

Recommendation: 

Organizations are strongly encouraged to apply patches as soon as possible, particularly patches for zero- days, Exchange Server, SharePoint Server, DNS Server and critical vulnerabilities.