BEYONDTRUST 10TH ANNUAL MICROSOFT VULNERABILITIES REPORT FINDS ELEVATION OF PRIVILEGE

BeyondTrust, the worldwide leader in intelligent identity and access security, today announced the release of the 2023 Microsoft Vulnerabilities Report. This report is the 10th anniversary edition and covers a decade of vulnerability insights, providing valuable information to help organizations see into the past, present, and future of the Microsoft vulnerability landscape. Produced annually by BeyondTrust, The Microsoft Vulnerabilities Report analyzes data from security bulletins publicly issued by Microsoft throughout the previous year.

Comprehensive Report Breaks Down Cve And Key Shifts

This report dissects the 2022 report spotlights some of the most significant CVEs of 2022, and breaks down how they are exploited by attackers and ways they can be prevented or mitigated.

Microsoft groups product vulnerabilities into the following categories: Remote Code Execution, Elevation of Privilege, Security Feature Bypass, Tampering, Information Disclosure, Denial of Service, and Spoofing. Once again, Elevation of Privilege was the leading vulnerability category in 2022.

In 2022, total Microsoft vulnerabilities rose to 1,292, hitting an all-time high since the report began 10 years ago. It’s not just the number of vulnerabilities that should be of concern, but also the unique threat and impact posed by individual vulnerabilities.