IDG Contributor Network: Critical updates to Excel and publicly disclosed exploits make for an urgent November Patch Tuesday

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
It doesn&t always take the drama of a zero-day vulnerability like we saw in September to get our attention
Make no mistake: This is still a really big update for the Windows platform
Two vulnerabilities deserve our attention
The first (CVE-2019-1429) relates to a vulnerability in the Microsoft Script Engine which has been reported as publicly exploited
And the second, (CVE-2019-1457) is a publicly reported exploit in Microsoft Excel
We also think that the critical update to Exchange Server (CVE-2019-1373) will require immediate attention.