Microsoft warns users again to patch for wormable BlueKeep Exploit

by Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 06/04/2019 08:24 AM | source: | 38 comment(s)

Things are not going fast enough for Microsoft, as they have issued its another advisory this month urging users to update their systems to prevent a re-run of attacks similar to WannaCry.

The bug is named CVE-2019-0708 — more popularly known as BlueKeep. It is a “critical” vulnerability affecting computers running on Windows XP and later. It can also impact server operating systems. This vulnerability can be exploited to allow attackers full access to the computer, including its data.

An internet-wide port scanner has found that around 923,671 machines are vulnerable to BlueKeep on port 3389. This port is the one the Microsoft Remote Desktop feature uses. Microsoft issued a second advisory this month on BlueKeep vulnerability, urging computer users to update their systems to prevent a re-run of attacks like WannaCry and NotPetya.

BlueKeep is a critical Remote Code Execution vulnerability in Remote Desktop Services which affects older versions of the Microsoft Operating System — Windows 2000, XP, Vista, Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2. The vulnerability stems from a “dangling pointer” bug in the Remote Desktop Services, which help provide a graphical interface for connecting to another computer over the Internet. Successful hackers can use this to access targeted computers via a backdoor with no login, password or user interaction.

Simply update and patch Windows. The affected OSes are Windows XP, Windows 2003, Windows XP, and Windows Vista. The company delivered the warning as if it is pleading its customers on bended knees. Only Windows 8 and Windows 10 computers are not vulnerable to the bug.

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TheDeeGee
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#5676512 Posted on: 06/04/2019 09:32 AM

Phew good thing i run Win 98 SE then :p

gopher04
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#5676515 Posted on: 06/04/2019 09:39 AM

Jeez MS will throw anything out there just to try and force you to go to the dark side of Win 10..:p

fantaskarsef
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#5676516 Posted on: 06/04/2019 09:41 AM

As if those 900k computers who are not updating via windows update would read m$'s warnings in articles... :rolleyes:

TheDeeGee
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#5676531 Posted on: 06/04/2019 11:04 AM

Jeez MS will throw anything out there just to try and force you to go to the dark side of Win 10..:p

Why?

Windows 10 is not affected.

nevcairiel
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#5676539 Posted on: 06/04/2019 11:43 AM

Jeez MS will throw anything out there just to try and force you to go to the dark side of Win 10..:p

They actually even released an update against this for XP, which is long out of support. If they wanted to use such things to force people to switch, patching doesn't seem like the right course of action.

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