Recently, a new vulnerability called PrintNightmare is found on Windows systems.
Whats the root cause for PrintNightmare?
How should you respond to this vulnerability?
The vulnerability is dubbed PrintNightmare and Microsoft labels it asCVE-2021-34527in its post on the companys Security Update Guide.
The PrintNightmare vulnerability gives attackers a chance to hack into Windows computers and execute code on these machines remotely.
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The PrintNightmare vulnerability seems to be a result of the unpatched critical flaw in WindowsPrint Spooler.
What is Print Spooler?
It is a program thats in charge of the printing on Windows computers.
Two vulnerabilities are involved in the Print Spooler flaw.
This is actually a mistake.
Though the test code was quickly deleted, it had already been forked on GitHub.
Several days later, Microsoft noticed the flaw and issued an alert about it.
Now, Microsoft warns Windows users of this potentially major zero-day security flaw in Windows Print Spooler service.
The zero-day vulnerability is still open to attacks, despite the recent patch released by Microsoft Windows.
Till now, millions of Windows computers have been exposed to PrintNightmare related severe safety problems.
How to protect your system from the problems?
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