How do I find superseded Microsoft patches?

Microsoft is known to release patches that supersede older patches targeted to address a vulnerability. When new releases from Microsoft are published, it is important to understand this when looking to remediate a vulnerability. 

For Microsoft vulnerabilities that have patch information, we are now exposing superseding information that will allow you to see the latest patches available together with a list of the older items it supersedes.

When reviewing a Microsoft Windows vulnerability, the information can be shown in the examples below:

Impact

This tab can give insight into which operating systems are affected by the vulnerability.

Patches

This tab shows which patches are available for the different operating systems on the impact tab. Here, you will also see what patches are being superseded to remediate the vulnerability and what knowledge base article refers to the vulnerability.