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Microsoft's Emergency Patch Fails to Fully Fix PrintNightmare RCE Vulnerability

The Hacker Newsby @TheHackersNews ()3 min read2 · 1 read
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Vulnerabilities mentioned

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CVEVulnerabilityCVSSEPSSSignalsPublished
CVE-2021-1675
Remote Code Execution in Microsoft Windows Print Spooler (PrintNightmare)
7.885%KEVRansomwarePoC
KEV
CVE-2021-34527
PrintNightmare: Remote Code Execution in Microsoft Windows Print Spooler
8.8100%KEVRansomwarePoC ×3
KEV

From the original article

3 min read at thehackernews.com

Even as Microsoft expanded patches for the so-called PrintNightmare vulnerability for Windows 10 version 1607, Windows Server 2012, and Windows Server 2016, it has come to light that the fix for the remote code execution exploit in the Windows Print Spooler service can be bypassed in certain scenarios, effectively defeating the security protections and permitting attackers to run arbitrary code on infected systems.

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