The latest of this year, December’s patch Tuesday brought fixes for six 0-day vulnerabilities in Microsoft products, including a bug in the Windows AppX Installer that uses Emotet malware to spread. Microsoft patched 67 vulnerabilities in its products this month, seven of which are classified as critical and 60 are classified as important. Separately, Microsoft… Continue reading Microsoft patches Windows AppX Installer vulnerability that spreads Emotet malware
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Microsoft declares that Printnightmare patch works correctly
Previously, many IS researchers warned that Microsoft’s emergency patch for a dangerous Printnightmare vulnerability was ineffective and that it did not eliminate the problem completely. Let me remind you that the experts found that even after installing the correction, vulnerability can still be operated locally to obtain System privileges. Worse, the developer Mimikatz Benjamin Delp… Continue reading Microsoft declares that Printnightmare patch works correctly
The official patch for the PrintNightmare vulnerability was ineffective
Earlier this week, Microsoft released an emergency patch for a critical PrintNightmare bug recently discovered in Windows Print Spooler (spoolsv.exe), but it was ineffective. Microsoft assigned the bug ID CVE-2021-34527, and also confirmed that the problem allows arbitrary code to be executed remotely with SYSTEM privileges and allows an attacker to install programs, view, modify… Continue reading The official patch for the PrintNightmare vulnerability was ineffective