For comparison, 2020 had more discovered CVEs than the entire of 2019 by the end of August, with numbers finally showing a decrease in December. Speaking of which, here is a brief summary of how many CVE’s were detected each month:

January: 58 CVEs February: 99 CVEs March: 115 CVEs April: 118 CVEs May: 147 CVEs June: 139 CVEs July: 136 CVEs August: 146 CVEs September: 147 CVEs October: 88 CVEs November: 126 CVEs December: 62 CVEs

2021 starts off with a total of 91 CVEs discovered in January

Vulnerabilities found in Adobe products

This month only 9 CVEs were found, and they affected the following Adobe products: Adobe Campaign Classic, Photoshop, Illustrator, Animate, InCopy, Captivate, and Bridge. Fortunately, the only Critical CVE found this month was the one affecting Adobe Illustrator.

Vulnerabilities found in Microsoft products

On the other hand, the bulk of the discovered CVEs are comprised of those that affect Microsoft products, being found in the following: Microsoft Windows, Edge (EdgeHTML-based), ChakraCore, Office and Microsoft Office Services and Web Apps, Visual Studio, Microsoft Malware Protection Engine, .NET Core, ASP .NET, and Azure The CVEs were classified based on their severity, as follows:

10 were classified and Critical 73 were listed as Important in severity

Which were some of the most severe CVEs?

As always, there are CVEs that are to be taken a lot more seriously than the others, and in the case of this month’s updates, they are the following:

CVE-2021-1647 Microsoft Defender Remote Code Execution Vulnerability CVE-2021-1648 Microsoft splwow64 Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability CVE-2021-1677 Azure Active Directory Pod Identity Spoofing Vulnerability CVE-2021-1674 Windows Remote Desktop Protocol Core Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability

2020 finished off with 1250 total detected CVEs, and it looks like 2021 will follow the trend, with almost 100 from the very first month. Remember that if you use any of the affected products mentioned above, even if the vulnerability is not rated as being Critical or Important, it is highly advised that you get the latest patches immediately. Speaking of which, if you have no idea how Patch Tuesday works, check out this detailed guide where we will explain everything to you. Additionally, you can even download the updates directly from this detailed guide, and even read up on all the changes that have come. What do you think about this month’s number of detected CVEs? Tell us all about it in the comments section below.

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