Microsoft has noticed a new zero-day flaw which can attack Windows 10 and some versions of Windows Server systems.
Hackers Can Attack Your Windows via CVE-2021-40444
Recently, a new zero-day flaw was found by people.
Hackers can take vantage of it to attack Windows 10 and some versions of Windows Server computers.
Till now, theres still no official security update to patch your system.
However, Microsoft has warned users of this security vulnerability and provided some useful workarounds to mitigate the attack.
The new zero-day vulnerability is known asCVE-2021-40444.
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However, if you think youre safe since you never used Internet Explorer, youre totally wrong.
That is because Microsoft Office is also affected by the remote code execution vulnerability.
The same vulnerable component the rendering engine is also used by Microsoft Office applications for rendering web-based content.
Therefore, if you unfortunately bring up the trapped websites or specially-crafted Microsoft Office documents, youll get attacked.
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All Windows 10 and Windows Server users should take speedy mitigation action until an official patch is out.
How to Mitigate the New Security Attack
Microsoft mainly gives 2 suggestions on mitigating CVE-2021-40444 currently.
#1.
These two products both provide detection and protections for the known vulnerability.
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