Microsoft isn't the only one fixing bugs on Patch Tuesday

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Microsoft isn't the only one fixing a bug that's being exploited this Patch Tuesday

is a critical heap out-of-bounds write vulnerability in VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion. It received a maximum 9.3 CVSS score in some of the buggy products, and could allow an attacker with local admin privileges to execute code as the virtual machine's VMX process running on the host.

"On ESXi, the exploitation is contained within the VMX sandbox whereas, on Workstation and Fusion, this may lead to code execution on the machine where Workstation or Fusion is installed," according to VMware.in VMware vRealize Network Insight."A malicious actor with network access to the vRNI REST API can execute commands without authentication," the virtualization giant noted.two vulnerabilities in VMware Workspace ONE Access and Identity Manager with a 7.2 CVSS score.

The second, a stack overflow bug in the the Discovery Protocol processing feature of Cisco IP Phone 7800 and 8800 Series firmware, won't be fixed until January. It's tracked asIt's especially troubling because, as Cisco warned, proof-of-concept exploit code is already available for this bug. While the networking giant's security response team says it's"not aware of any malicious use of the vulnerability," in addition to no patch, there's also no workarounds.

"We are aware of a small number of targeted attacks in the wild using this vulnerability," the vendor noted in afor a critical heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in FortiOS SSL-VPN. The security vendor noted it's aware of"an instance" where this bug has been exploited, and it recommended"immediately validating your systems" against a list of indicators of compromise for the 9.3-rated flaw, tracked as CVE-2022-42475.fixed 81 bugs in these devices.

"The most severe of these issues is a critical security vulnerability in the System component that could lead to remote code execution over Bluetooth with no additional execution privileges needed," it noted. ®

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