{"id":293700,"date":"2021-07-08T10:55:03","date_gmt":"2021-07-08T07:55:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/microsoft-patches-printnightmare-flaw-in-windows\/"},"modified":"2021-07-08T10:55:03","modified_gmt":"2021-07-08T07:55:03","slug":"microsoft-patches-printnightmare-flaw-in-windows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/microsoft-patches-printnightmare-flaw-in-windows\/","title":{"rendered":"#Microsoft patches &#8216;PrintNightmare&#8217; flaw in Windows"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#Microsoft patches &#8216;PrintNightmare&#8217; flaw in Windows<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-gallery lightGallery\">\n<div data-thumb=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/tmb\/2021\/microsoft.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/scx2.b-cdn.net\/gfx\/news\/hires\/2021\/microsoft.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Credit: Pixabay\/CC0 Public Domain\">\n<figure class=\"article-img\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/800a\/2021\/microsoft.jpg\" alt=\"Microsoft\" title=\"Credit: Pixabay\/CC0 Public Domain\" width=\"800\" height=\"530\"\/><figcaption class=\"text-darken text-low-up text-truncate-js text-truncate mt-3\">\n                Credit: Pixabay\/CC0 Public Domain<br \/>\n            <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Microsoft on Wednesday urged users of Windows-powered computers to install a freshly released patch to thwart hackers trying to take advantage of a potentially serious flaw in the operating system.<\/p>\n<p>                                                                                The US software colossus said in a post that hackers could take advantage of the &#8220;PrintNightmare&#8221; flaw to gain control of computers through the print spooler feature used in workplaces for network printers.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could run arbitrary code with system privileges,&#8221;  Microsoft said in an online message about a patch released late Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;An attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Microsoft called for computer users to im<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a>tely install patches, saying all versions of Windows are vulnerable but not all have security updates available yet.<\/p>\n<p>The flaw at issue involves printer software and has been taken advantage of by hackers, according to posts by cybersecurity researchers.\n                                                                                                                        <\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<div class=\"article-main__explore my-4 d-print-none\">\n<p>                                            Microsoft warns of PrintNightmare vulnerability due to flaw in Windows Print Spooler\n                                        <\/p><\/div>\n<hr class=\"mb-4\"\/>\n<p class=\"article-main__note mt-4\">\n                                                \u00a9 2021 AFP<\/p>\n<p>                                        <!-- print only --><\/p>\n<div class=\"d-none d-print-block\">\n<p>                                                 <strong>Citation<\/strong>:<br \/>\n                                                 Microsoft patches &#8216;PrintNightmare&#8217; flaw in Windows (2021, July  8)<br \/>\n                                                 retrieved  8 July 2021<br \/>\n                                                 from https:\/\/techxplore.com\/<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a>\/2021-07-microsoft-patches-printnightmare-flaw-windows.html<\/p>\n<p>                                            This document is subject to copyright. 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