Microsoft patches 12 critical vulnerabilities, nine of which are in Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol

Microsoft disclosed 104 vulnerabilities in its extensive range of software and services, the most in a single Patch Tuesday since July.  

What is most notable is that this batch of vulnerabilities includes 12 that are considered “critical,” nine of which are remote code execution vulnerabilities in the Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol.   

Two other vulnerabilities that Microsoft is fixing Tuesday — CVE-2023-36563 in Microsoft WordPad and CVE-2023-41763 in the Skype communication platform — have already been publicly exploited in the wild …

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