Microsoft fixed 74 security issues in its August Patch Tuesday release, including two that were being actively exploited and twenty-three that allowed remote code execution. Although twenty-three RCE flaws were addressed, Microsoft only categorized six of them as ‘Critical,’ and 67 have a severity rating of ‘Important.’ Flaws In Each Type Of Vulnerability 18 Elevation of Privilege vulnerabilities 3 Security Feature Bypass vulnerabilities 23 Remote Code Execution vulnerabilities 10 Information Disclosure vulnerabilities 8 Denial of Service vulnerabilities 12 Spoofing vulnerabilities Twelve vulnerabilities in Microsoft Edge (Chromium) that were addressed earlier this month are not included in the data.

Source: GBHackers