Microsoft: what about the patch for Zerologon

Microsoft has outlined the steps its customers need to take to ensure that their devices are protected from ongoing attacks using exploits of Windows Server Zerologon (CVE-2020-1472).

The company updated the publication it had issued after its customers found it quite difficult and were not sure whether the of the update was enough to protect vulnerable Windows Server devices from the attacks.

In a step-by-step approach, the updated post explains the exact steps administrators should take to ensure that their machines are protected in the event of an incoming attack designed to exploit Zerologon.

Microsoft outlines the following plan for Windows administrators to follow when implementing “CVE-2020-1472 | The security update of Netlogon Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability released as part of it Patch Tuesday in August 2020:

  1. UPDATED your Domain Controllers with an update released August 11, 2020 or later.
  2. FIND which devices are making vulnerable connections by monitoring event logs.
  3. ADDRESS non-compliant devices making vulnerable connections.
  4. ENABLE enforcement mode to address CVE-2020-1472 in your environment.

The Zerologon vulnerability

CVE-2020-1472 is a critical security vulnerability with a score of 10/10. It was named Zerologon by the security company Secura and when exploited, it allows intruders to increase privileges in an administrator domain.

This makes it very easy for them to take control of the domain, since they can change the password each user and run whatever command they want.

The security update released by Microsoft in August may cause issues identity on some of the affected devices, so the company released the Zerologon patch in two stages.

The first was released on August 11 as an update security version which will block the domain controllers of the service Windows Directory, to use insecure RPC communication.

It also records authentication requests from non-Windows devices that do not use secure RPC channels to give administrators time to correct errors.

From February 9, 2021, as part of the Patch Tuesday updates, Microsoft will release another update that will enable a enforcement feature that will require all network devices to use secure RPCs, unless expressly permitted by administrators.

Ongoing Zerologon attacks

Last week, Microsoft warned administrators to urgently apply security updates for Zerologon after it discovered they were being used during .

Microsoft Threat Intelligence analyst Kevin Beaumont confirmed that the attacks began on September 26, with attackers successfully exploiting a vulnerable honeypot on an Active Directory server using a Zerologon exploit.

Yesterday, security researchers at Cisco Talos also warned of "a sharp increase in vulnerability in Microsoft CVE-2020-1472".

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Written by Anastasis Vasileiadis

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