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August 2019 Patch Tuesday: Microsoft plugs critical wormable RDP holes

Help Net Securityby @zeljkazorz ()3 min read2
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CVEVulnerabilityCVSSEPSSSignalsPublished
CVE-2019-1181
+11 related CVEs
A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Remote Desktop Services – formerly known as Terminal Services – when an unauthenticated attacker connects to…
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group max
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CVE-2019-1201
A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Microsoft Word software when it fails to properly handle objects in memory
7.85%

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3 min read at helpnetsecurity.com

It’s that time of the month again: Microsoft, Adobe and Intel have pushed out fixes for a bucketload of security issues in their various software. Microsoft’s security updates should take precedence, though, as they fix 29 critical vulnerabilities, including four in Remote Desktop Services, two of which – Microsoft warns – are wormable, just like BlueKeep before them.

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