Η Microsoft He discovered another vulnerability in Windows Print Spooler, and until a security update arrives, the only way to protect against the defect is to leave the computers with Windows not be able to print documents.
ΑThis is the third vulnerability associated with the Windows print queue discovered in recent weeks.
MUNICH, IBM Watson IoT Center and Microsoft Headquater in Munich Germany - May 08, 2018As stated by the company,
An attacker could then install programs, view, modify, or delete data, or create new accounts with full user rights.
The first vulnerability, CVE-2021-1675, was addressed in a security update of June 8 in Windows 10. The second was named PrintNightmare and affects every version of Windows despite the release of an emergency patch on July 6, which is supposed to at least partially address the security flaw.
Η Microsoft has not revealed which versions of Windows are affected by this new vulnerability, which has been assigned the ID CVE-2021-34481, but it is "under investigation». The company also confirmed that it is working on a security update to address this issue.
Until this update is released, the only defense against this vulnerability is to turn off Print Spooler, Windows.
But there is some good news: Microsoft says attackers can take advantage of it CVE-2021-34481 only if they already have "the ability to execute code on a system». The company also said it was not aware of any attempt to exploit the vulnerability, but that was likely to change after the revelation, and that did not necessarily mean the attackers were unaware of the flaw before.
Η Microsoft provided instructions for disabling the Windows print queue in the security update associated with CVE-2021-34481. It is now up to Windows users to decide whether they would rather protect their computers from vulnerability or do nothing about it.
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