Security News > 2019 > May > Microsoft Patches ‘Wormable’ Flaw in Windows XP, 7 and Windows 2003

Microsoft Patches ‘Wormable’ Flaw in Windows XP, 7 and Windows 2003
2019-05-14 17:11

Microsoft today is taking the unusual step of releasing security updates for unsupported but still widely-used Windows operating systems like XP and Windows 2003, citing the discovery of a "wormable" flaw that the company says could be used to fuel a fast-moving malware threat like the WannaCry ransomware attacks of 2017. The vulnerability (CVE-2019-0709) resides in the "remote desktop services" component built into supported versions of Windows, including Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2, and Windows Server 2008. It also is present in computers powered by Windows XP and Windows 2003, operating systems for which Microsoft long ago stopped shipping security updates.


News URL

https://krebsonsecurity.com/2019/05/microsoft-patches-wormable-flaw-in-windows-xp-7-and-windows-2003/

Related Vulnerability

DATE CVE VULNERABILITY TITLE RISK
2019-06-12 CVE-2019-0709 Improper Input Validation vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 10 and Windows Server 2016
A remote code execution vulnerability exists when Windows Hyper-V on a host server fails to properly validate input from an authenticated user on a guest operating system, aka 'Windows Hyper-V Remote Code Execution Vulnerability'.
low complexity
microsoft CWE-20
7.7

Related vendor

VENDOR LAST 12M #/PRODUCTS LOW MEDIUM HIGH CRITICAL TOTAL VULNS
Microsoft 706 781 4550 4600 3628 13559