Patch new wormable vulnerabilities in Remote Desktop Services (CVE-2019-1181/1182)

Today Microsoft released a set of fixes for Remote Desktop Services that include two critical Remote Code Execution RCE vulnerabilities, CVE-2019-1181 and CVE-2019-1182. Like the previously-fixed ‘BlueKeep’ vulnerability CVE-2019-0708, these two vulnerabilities are also ‘wormable’, meaning that a...

July 2020 Security Update: CVE-2020-1350 Vulnerability in Windows Domain Name System (DNS) Server

Today we released an update for CVE-2020-1350, a Critical Remote Code Execution RCE vulnerability in Windows DNS Server that is classified as a ‘wormable’ vulnerability and has a CVSS base score of 10.0. This issue results from a flaw in Microsoft’s DNS server role implementation and affects all...

Microsoft’s Response to CVE-2021-44228 Apache Log4j 2

Published on: 2021 Dec 11, updated 2021 Dec 18. SUMMARY Microsoft continues our analysis of the remote code execution vulnerabilities related to Apache Log4j a logging tool used in many Java-based applications disclosed on 9 Dec 2021. Currently, Microsoft is not aware of any impact, outside of th...

Prevent the impact of a Linux worm by updating Exim (CVE-2019-10149)

This week, MSRC confirmed the presence of an active Linux worm leveraging a critical Remote Code Execution RCE vulnerability, CVE-2019-10149, in Linux Exim email servers running Exim version 4.87 to 4.91. Microsoft Azure infrastructure and Services are not affected; only customer’s Linux IaaS...

Microsoft Bounty Program Year in Review: $16.6M in Rewards

We are excited to announce that this year the Microsoft Bounty Program has awarded $16.6M in bounty awards to 343 security researchers from 55 countries, securing Microsoft customers in partnership with the Microsoft Security Response Center MSRC. Each year we identify over a thousand potential...

Attacks exploiting Netlogon vulnerability (CVE-2020-1472)

Microsoft has received a small number of reports from customers and others about continued activity exploiting a vulnerability affecting the Netlogon protocol CVE-2020-1472 which was previously addressed in security updates starting on August 11, 2020. If the original guidance is not applied, the...

Microsoft’s Top 100 Security Researchers – Black Hat 2018 Edition

This morning we are excited to unveil the security researcher leaderboard at the Black Hat Security Conference. This list recognizes the top security researchers who have contributed research to the Microsoft products and services. If you are curious on how we build the list, check out our blog...

Prevent a worm by updating Remote Desktop Services (CVE-2019-0708)

Today Microsoft released fixes for a critical Remote Code Execution vulnerability, CVE-2019-0708, in Remote Desktop Services – formerly known as Terminal Services – that affects some older versions of Windows. The Remote Desktop Protocol RDP itself is not vulnerable. This vulnerability is...

Out-of-Band (OOB) Security Update available for CVE-2021-34527

Today Microsoft released an Out-of-Band OOB security update for CVE-2021-34527, which is being discussed externally as PrintNightmare. This is a cumulative update release, so it contains all previous security fixes and should be applied immediately to fully protect your systems. The fix that we...

[AD管理者向け] 2020 年 LDAP 署名と LDAP チャネルバインディングが有効化。確認を！

マイクロソフトでは、2020 年初頭に、Active Directory ドメイン環境内の LDAP 通信の安全性を向上するために、LDAP 署名、およびLDAP チャネルバインディング （LDAPS 利用時）を既定で有効化します。 The post AD管理者向け 2020 年 LDAP 署名と LDAP チャネルバインディングが有効化。確認を！ appeared first on Microsoft Security Response Center...

January 2020 Security Updates: CVE-2020-0601

The January security updates include several Important and Critical security updates. As always, we recommend that customers update their systems as quickly as practical. Details for the full set of updates released today can be found in the Security Update Guide. We believe in Coordinated...

A Reminder to Update Your Systems to Prevent a Worm

On May 14, Microsoft released fixes for a critical Remote Code Execution vulnerability, CVE-2019-0708, in Remote Desktop Services – formerly known as Terminal Services – that affects some older versions of Windows. In our previous blog post on this topic we warned that the vulnerability is...

Clarified Guidance for CVE-2021-34527 Windows Print Spooler Vulnerability

On Tuesday July 6, 2021, Microsoft issued CVE-2021-34527 regarding a Windows Print Spooler vulnerability. Updates were released on July 6 and 7 which addressed the vulnerability for all supported Windows versions. We encourage customers to update as soon as possible. CVE-2021-34527 - Windows Prin...

Guidance for responders: Investigating and remediating on-premises Exchange Server vulnerabilities

This guidance will help customers address threats taking advantage of the recently disclosed Microsoft Exchange Server on-premises vulnerabilities CVE-2021-26855, CVE-2021-26858, CVE-2021-26857, and CVE-2021-27065. Microsoft will continue to monitor these threats and provide updated tools and...

Speculative Execution Bounty Launch

Today, Microsoft is announcing the launch of a limited-time bounty program for speculative execution side channel vulnerabilities. This new class of vulnerabilities was disclosed in January 2018 and represented a major advancement in the research in this field. In recognition of that threat...

Awareness and guidance related to OpenSSL 3.0 - 3.0.6 risk (CVE-2022-3786 and CVE-2202-3602)

Summary Microsoft is aware and actively addressing the impact associated with the recent OpenSSL vulnerabilities announced on October 25th 2022, fixed in version 3.0.7. As part of our standard processes, we are rolling out fixes for impacted services. Any customer action that is required will be...

Join Microsoft Security Response at the Product Security Operations forum at LocoMocoSec!

The MSRC is more than managing vulnerability reports, publishing Microsoft security updates, and defending the cloud. The MSRC is passionate about helping everyone improve internal engineering practices and supporting the defender community, and are excited to partner with Blackberry to host a...

Multiple Security Updates Affecting TCP/IP:  CVE-2021-24074, CVE-2021-24094, and CVE-2021-24086

Today Microsoft released a set of fixes affecting Windows TCP/IP implementation that include two Critical Remote Code Execution RCE vulnerabilities CVE-2021-24074, CVE-2021-24094 and an Important Denial of Service DoS vulnerability CVE-2021-24086. The two RCE vulnerabilities are complex which mak...

Guidance for CVE-2022-30190 Microsoft Support Diagnostic Tool Vulnerability

UPDATE July 12, 2022: As part of the response by Microsoft, a defense in depth variant has been found and fixed in the Windows July cumulative updates. Microsoft recommends installing the July updates as soon as possible. Windows Version Link to KB article LInk to Catalog Windows 8.1, Windows...

Awareness and guidance related to OpenSSL 3.0 - 3.0.6 risk (CVE-2022-3786 and CVE-2202-3602)

Summary Summary Microsoft is aware and actively addressing the impact associated with the recent OpenSSL vulnerabilities announced on October 25th 2022, fixed in version 3.0.7. As part of our standard processes, we are rolling out fixes for impacted services. Any customer action that is required...

Microsoft’s Response to CVE-2022-22965 Spring Framework

Summary Microsoft used the Spring Framework RCE, Early Announcement to inform analysis of the remote code execution vulnerability, CVE-2022-22965, disclosed on 31 Mar 2022. We have not to date noted any impact to the security of our enterprise services and have not experienced any degraded servic...

Netlogon Domain Controller Enforcement Mode is enabled by default beginning with the February 9, 2021 Security Update, related to CVE-2020-1472

Microsoft addressed a Critical RCE vulnerability affecting the Netlogon protocol CVE-2020-1472 on August 11, 2020. We are reminding our customers that beginning with the February 9, 2021 Security Update release we will be enabling Domain Controller enforcement mode by default. This will block...

Multiple Security Updates Affecting TCP/IP:  CVE-2021-24074, CVE-2021-24094, and CVE-2021-24086

Today Microsoft released a set of fixes affecting Windows TCP/IP implementation that include two Critical Remote Code Execution RCE vulnerabilities CVE-2021-24074, CVE-2021-24094 and an Important Denial of Service DoS vulnerability CVE-2021-24086. The two RCE vulnerabilities are complex which mak...

December 2018 Security Update Release

Today, we released a security update for Internet Explorer after receiving a report from Google about a new vulnerability being used in targeted attacks. Customers who have Windows Update enabled and have applied the latest security updates, are protected automatically. We encourage customers to...

Microsoft’s Cyber Defense Operations Center shares best practices

Today, a single breach, physical or virtual, can cause millions of dollars of damage to an organization and potentially billions in financial losses to the global economy. Each week seems to bring a new disclosure of a cybersecurity breach somewhere in the world. As we look at the current state o...

Additional Guidance Regarding OMI Vulnerabilities within Azure VM Management Extensions

Last updated on October 5, 2021: See revision history located at the end of the post for changes. On September 14, 2021, Microsoft released fixes for three Elevation of Privilege EoP vulnerabilities and one unauthenticated Remote Code Execution RCE vulnerability in the Open Management...

Customer Guidance for Reported Zero-day Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Exchange Server

November 8, 2022 update - Microsoft released security updates for CVE-2022-41040 and CVE-2022-41082. We recommend that customers protect their organizations by applying the updates immediately to affected systems. The options described in the Mitigations section are no longer recommended. For mor...

Netlogon Domain Controller Enforcement Mode is enabled by default beginning with the February 9, 2021 Security Update, related to CVE-2020-1472

Microsoft addressed a Critical RCE vulnerability affecting the Netlogon protocol CVE-2020-1472 on August 11, 2020. We are reminding our customers that beginning with the February 9, 2021 Security Update release we will be enabling Domain Controller enforcement mode by default. This will block...

Announcing the Microsoft Dynamics 365 Bounty program

One of Microsoft’s many security investments to protect customers is in the partnerships we build with the external security research community. We are excited to announce the launch of the Dynamics 365 Bounty program and welcome researchers to seek out and disclose any high impact vulnerabilitie...

BlueHat Shanghai 2019: Amplifying the power of defensive partnerships around the world

Earlier this week BlueHat Shanghai brought together security researchers and hundreds of cybersecurity professionals from China and across Asia to explore the latest topics in cybersecurity research. Including presentations from Qihoo 360, Baidu, Alibaba and the Chinese Academy of Sciences, BlueH...

Guidance for CVE-2022-30190 Microsoft Support Diagnostic Tool Vulnerability

UPDATE July 12, 2022: As part of the response by Microsoft, a defense in depth variant has been found and fixed in the Windows July cumulative updates. Microsoft recommends installing the July updates as soon as possible. Windows Version Link to KB article LInk to Catalog Windows 8.1, Windows...

Patch new wormable vulnerabilities in Remote Desktop Services (CVE-2019-1181/1182)

Today Microsoft released a set of fixes for Remote Desktop Services that include two critical Remote Code Execution RCE vulnerabilities, CVE-2019-1181 and CVE-2019-1182. Like the previously-fixed ‘BlueKeep’ vulnerability CVE-2019-0708, these two vulnerabilities are also ‘wormable’, meaning that a...

Patch new wormable vulnerabilities in Remote Desktop Services (CVE-2019-1181/1182)

Today Microsoft released a set of fixes for Remote Desktop Services that include two critical Remote Code Execution RCE vulnerabilities, CVE-2019-1181 and CVE-2019-1182. Like the previously-fixed ‘BlueKeep’ vulnerability CVE-2019-0708, these two vulnerabilities are also ‘wormable’, meaning that a...

Call for Papers | Microsoft BlueHat Shanghai 2019

The Microsoft Security Response Center MSRC recently announced our first BlueHat security conference in Shanghai which will take place on May 29-30, 2019. After 15 years of BlueHat events in Redmond, Washington and Israel, we are thrilled to expand to a new location. We work with many talented...

What’s new in the MSRC Report Abuse Portal and API

The Microsoft Security Response Center MSRC has always been at the forefront of addressing cyber threats, privacy issues, and abuse arising from Microsoft Online Services. Building on our commitment, we have introduced several updates to the Report Abuse Portal and API, which will significantly...

[IT管理者向け] DCOM の脆弱性 (CVE-2021-26414) に対応するためのガイダンス

2021 年 9 月 27 日： マイクロソフトは、2021 年 6 月 8 日 米国時間 に、分散コンポーネントオブジェクトモデ...

KVA Shadow: Mitigating Meltdown on Windows

On January 3rd, 2018, Microsoft released an advisory and security updates that relate to a new class of discovered hardware vulnerabilities, termed speculative execution side channels, that affect the design methodology and implementation decisions behind many modern microprocessors. This post...

A proactive approach to more secure code

What if we could eliminate an entire class of vulnerabilities before they ever happened? Since 2004, the Microsoft Security Response Centre MSRC has triaged every reported Microsoft security vulnerability. From all that triage one astonishing fact sticks out: as Matt Miller discussed in his 2019...

Microsoft Mitigates Outlook Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

May 9, 2023 update: Releases for Microsoft Products has been updated with the release of CVE-2023-29324 - Security Update Guide - Microsoft - Windows MSHTML Platform Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability March 24, 2023 update: Impact Assessment has been updated to a link to Guidance for...

Guidance for CVE-2022-30190 Microsoft Support Diagnostic Tool Vulnerability

UPDATE July 12, 2022: As part of the response by Microsoft, a defense in depth variant has been found and fixed in the Windows July cumulative updates. Microsoft recommends installing the July updates as soon as possible. Windows Version Link to KB article LInk to Catalog Windows 8.1, Windows...

Clarified Guidance for CVE-2021-34527 Windows Print Spooler Vulnerability

On Tuesday July 6, 2021, Microsoft issued CVE-2021-34527 regarding a Windows Print Spooler vulnerability. Updates were released on July 6 and 7 which addressed the vulnerability for all supported Windows versions. We encourage customers to update as soon as possible. CVE-2021-34527 - Windows Prin...

Advance Notification Service for July 2013 Security Bulletin Release

Today we’re providing advance notification for the release of seven bulletins, six Critical and one Important, for July 2013. The Critical bulletins address vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows, .NET Framework, Silverlight, Internet Explorer and GDI+. Also scheduled for inclusion among these...

Guidance for responders: Investigating and remediating on-premises Exchange Server vulnerabilities

This guidance will help customers address threats taking advantage of the recently disclosed Microsoft Exchange Server on-premises vulnerabilities CVE-2021-26855, CVE-2021-26858, CVE-2021-26857, and CVE-2021-27065, which are being exploited. We strongly urge customers to immediately update system...

Announcing the BlueHat 2024 Sessions

34 sessions from 54 presenters representing 20 organizations! We are thrilled to reveal the lineup of speakers and presentations for the 23rd BlueHat Security Conference, in Redmond WA from Oct 29-30. This year's conference continues the BlueHat ethos and Secure Future Initiative mission of...

Customer Guidance for Reported Zero-day Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Exchange Server

November 8, 2022 update - Microsoft released security updates for CVE-2022-41040 and CVE-2022-41082. We recommend that customers protect their organizations by applying the updates immediately to affected systems. The options described in the Mitigations section are no longer recommended. For mor...

Introducing the ElectionGuard Bounty program

Announcing the new ElectionGuard Bounty program The post Introducing the ElectionGuard Bounty program appeared first on Microsoft Security Response Center...

Microsoft Bounty Program Updates: Faster bounty review, faster payments, and higher rewards

In 2018 The Microsoft Bounty Program awarded over $2,000,000 to encourage and reward external security research in key technologies to protect our customers. Building on that success, we are excited to announce a number of improvements in our bounty programs to better serve the security research...

Recognizing Security Researchers in 2019

Who’s going to be on the Most Valuable Security Researcher list at Black Hat USA 2019? We’re not announcing the names—yet—but this is how we’ll determine who’s there. How do we define the Most Valuable Security Researchers? The list at Black Hat will be the top tier of researchers based on not ju...

CVE-2021-44228 Apache Log4j 2 に対するマイクロソフトの対応

本ブログは、Microsoft’s Response to CVE-2021-44228 Apache Log4j 2 の抄訳版です。最新の情報は、元記事を参照してください。...

April 2021 Update Tuesday packages now available

Update August 25, 2021: Microsoft strongly recommends that you update your servers with the most recent security updates available. CVE-2021-34473 ProxyShell CVE-2021-34523 ProxyShell CVE-2021-33766 Today is Update Tuesday – our commitment to provide a predictable monthly schedule to release...