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Microsoft Windows Print Spooler Service Remote Code Execution Vulnerability(2347290)

Information

Severity

Severity

Critical

Family

Family

Windows : Microsoft Bulletins

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

9.3

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

13 years ago

Modified

Modified

4 years ago

Summary

This host is missing a critical security update according to Microsoft Bulletin MS10-061.

Insight

Insight

The flaw is due to the Windows Print Spooler insufficiently restricting user permissions to access print spoolers, which could allow remote unauthenticated attackers to create a malicious file in a Windows system directory by sending a specially crafted print request to a shared printer.

Affected Software

Affected Software

Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 3 and prior. Microsoft Windows 2K3 Service Pack 2 and prior. Microsoft Windows Vista Service Pack 2 and prior. Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 and prior. Microsoft Windows 7

Solution

Solution

The vendor has released updates. Please see the references for more information.

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