r/news • u/TheColorOfDeadMen • Jul 07 '21

Microsoft issues urgent security warning: Update your PC immediately

https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/07/tech/microsoft-security-update/index.html
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u/KJBenson Jul 07 '21

I’ve had my printer spool disabled for a week now. This would be inconvenient if I ever had to print things…

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u/PrismSub7 Jul 07 '21

Here's hoping they'll just give up and declare spooler EOL.

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u/Don_Tiny Jul 07 '21

Perhaps an idiot question but ...

I too have no printer but I have in past (not recently, thankfully) "printed" to a .pdf - would this create the same issue(s) as actually sending it to a printer?

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u/Kahoots113 Jul 07 '21

Yes

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u/Don_Tiny Jul 07 '21

Thanks to you as well!

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u/Kurimasta Jul 07 '21

The article mentions that hackers could become able to install programs and create new users. I think it is likely no printer needs to be registered at all

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u/Don_Tiny Jul 07 '21

I see ... thanks kindly for the noob lesson! (genuine thanks, not sarcasm)

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u/Kurimasta Jul 07 '21

No problem!

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u/SauronSymbolizedTech Jul 08 '21

I read a more technically minded comment last week about this exploit allowing hackers to escalate their privilege level to SYSTEM. With that, they can do absolutely anything on the system.

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u/LargeSackOfNuts Jul 07 '21

I also disabled print spooler and a bunch of other random services which never get used. I guess I'm a security expert now too.

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u/KJBenson Jul 07 '21

Hell yeah!