Security-Insider.de – BeyondTrust Microsoft Vulnerabilities Report 2022: Elevated Privileges Highest Security Risk for Microsoft Systems (German)

The new Microsoft Vulnerabilities Report 2022 by BeyondTrust includes an annual breakdown of Microsoft vulnerabilities and a six-year trend analysis. As in the previous year, user rights that are too excessive are one of the greatest security risks. Now in its ninth edition, the research breaks down Microsoft vulnerabilities by category and product.

“Microsoft’s move to the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS), now makes it easier for vulnerabilities to be cross-referenced with third-party applications that leverage affected services,” said Morey Haber, Chief Security Officer at BeyondTrust. “However, this is a trade-off because of the loss of visibility to determine the impact of administrative rights on critical vulnerabilities. What is clear, is the continued risk of excessive privileges. With the growing risk of privileged attack vectors caused by cloud deployments, the removal of admin rights remains a critical step to reduce an organization’s risk surface. This can be achieved by adopting a least privilege strategy and enabling zero-trust architectures throughout an environment.”

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