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Microsoft Acknowledges Severe, Unpatched, Actively Exploited Print Spooler Service Vulnerability "PrintNightmare"

This is way beyond a zero day it's 2000bc comparatively.
It's been about since pong but only now some researchers discovered it.
 
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Windows 7 can be affected but MS probably won't patch it.

I wouldn't expect Windows 7 to be issued a patch. It's an 11 year OS that even Extended Support ended 1 1/2 years ago.
 
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I wouldn't expect Windows 7 to be issued a patch. It's an 11 year OS that even Extended Support ended 1 12 years ago.
Win7 paid support continues as we speak, so they are obliged to fix it. if they are going to offer the patch for free, who knows...
 
Win7 paid support continues as we speak, so they are obliged to fix it. if they are going to offer the patch for free, who knows...

I just don't see many people paying for extended support. It's going up to $100 next year whereas you can get Windows 10 Extended Support for free until 2025. I guess if someone really likes using Windows 7 then they might pay for Extended Support.
 

Some excerpts:

Windows 7 - seems unaffected (we were unable to remotely connect so it's possible printing is not exposed via RPC; further testing is needed)


Also, WIndows 10 is not affected unless joined to a domain. My guess is 7 is just too old to speak whatever domain protocol it's using.

This whole thing is a nonissue for home users.
 
I literary just finished mitigating everything in our environment because of this dumb mistake......

Thanks Microsoft.
 
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