Advisory 75: Microsoft Releases January 2025 Security Updates for Vulnerabilities
Release Date: 14th of January 2025
Impact : HIGH / CRITICAL
TLP Rating: Clear 
CERT Vanuatu (CERTVU) and the Department of Communication and Digital Transformation provide the following advisory.
What is it?
Microsoft released security updates to address vulnerabilities in multiple Microsoft products. A cyber threat actor could exploit some of these vulnerabilities to take control of an affected system.
CERTVU encourages users and administrators to review the following and apply necessary updates .
What are the Systems affected?
Please refer to the link to Microsoft guides for the affected products.
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/releaseNote/2025-Jan
What this means?
An attacker could exploit this vulnerability and take control of the affected system.
Mitigation process
Administrators are recommended to update/upgrade their Microsoft Products and software with the versions available on the Microsoft Update Catalogue for the following Knowledge Based (KB) articles.
Administrators can follow the Microsoft Security Update Guidance: https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/releaseNote/2025-Jan.
References
- https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/alerts/2025/01/14/microsoft-releases-january-2025-security-updates
- https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/releaseNote/2025-Jan
- Download advisory (English): Microsoft Releases January 2025 Security Updates for Vulnerabilities