Microsoft and Adobe Patch Tuesday, February 2025 Security Update Review

Microsoft's February 2025 Patch Tuesday bulletin describes fixes for 67 vulnerabilities (including three critical and four zero‑days, two of which are actively exploited) across Windows, Edge (Chromium), and other Microsoft products; Adobe published seven advisories addressing 45 vulnerabilities. Several fixes address remote code execution, elevation to SYSTEM, NTLM hash disclosure, and denial‑of‑service; CISA added CVE‑2025‑21391 and CVE‑2025‑21418 to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog and urged patching before March 4, 2025. Organizations are advised to prioritize and deploy vendor patches promptly to mitigate active and high‑impact risks.