Microsoft and Adobe Patch Tuesday, September 2024 Security Update Review

Microsoft and Adobe released their September 2024 security updates covering 79 vulnerabilities (six critical) and 28 Adobe flaws; notably four Microsoft zero-day CVEs (including CVE-2024-38014, CVE-2024-38217, CVE-2024-38226, CVE-2024-43491) are reported as actively exploited and listed in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, affecting products such as Windows Installer, SharePoint, Azure components, and Office; the bulletin details RCE and privilege‑escalation risks and recommends timely patching and mitigation via Qualys VMDR and Patch Management.