by Akamai Security Research

\r\n Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday for August is released , and we at Akamai Security Research set out to look at the more intriguing vulnerabilities that were patched. In this report, we’ll try to assess how critical the vulnerabilities really are, how commonplace the affected applications and services are, and provide our own perspective on the bugs that were fixed. Be on the lookout for these insights on the Wednesday after every Patch Tuesday.

\r\n This is an updating report and we’ll add more information to it as our research progresses — stay tuned!

\r\n In this report, we’re focusing on four areas where bugs were patched:

\r\n \r\n Windows Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) 

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\r\n Windows Security Socket Tunneling Protocol (SSTP)

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\r\n Network File System (NFS)

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\r\n Active Directory Certificate Services (AD CS)

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\r\n Microsoft Exchange Server

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\r\n \r\n For each affected service that we’ll cover, we’ll try to offer recommendations for…