Microsoft has discovered one vulnerability remote implementationς κώδικα (RSA από το Remote Code Execution) στις υπηρεσίες απομακρυσμένης επιφάνειας εργασίας (Remote desktop Services) in older versions of Windows and a hotfix has been released.
The vulnerability is identified by CVE-2019-0708, and occurs at the pre-certification stage. So according to Microsoft you do not even need user interaction.
Most worrying, however, is that exploid could be released in the form of a worm, which means that it could spread from one device to another, like malware. WannaCry.
Affected versions of Windows are Windows XP operating systems, Windows Server 2003, Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008. Windows 8 and Windows 10 are not at risk.
Supported versions of Windows, such as Windows 7, will automatically receive the update from the Windows Update, while for unsupported operating systems such as Windows XP, updates will have to be installed manually from Microsoft Update Catalog.
Microsoft states that so far it does not know if any exploit will be released but it is very likely we will see it in the near future.
So if you use older systems, update your computers immediately!
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