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PrintNightmare and RDP RCE among major issues tackled by Patch Tuesday

The sheer number of patches (44 security vulnerabilities) should be enough to scare us, but unfortunately we have gotten used to those numbers. One actively exploited vulnerability that has a CVSS score of 9.9 out of 10 is an elevation of privilege (EoP) vulnerability in the Windows Update Medic Service. Microsoft lists two scenarios for this vulnerability: Remote Code Execution (RCE) in Windows TCP/IP. Another high scorer is CVE-2021-26432, an RCE in Windows Services for NFS ONCRPC XDR Driver. The vulnerability got a high score because it is known to be easy to exploit.”]

Source: https://blog.malwarebytes.com/exploits-and-vulnerabilities/2021/08/printnightmare-and-rdp-rce-among-major-issues-tackled-by-patch-tuesday/

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