Microsoft Just Fixed a Wormable Bug in Windows Search Affecting All OS Versions
By Catalin Cimpanu | August 9, 2017
The Microsoft August 2017 Patch Tuesday security patches include fixes for 48 issues, of which 25 are rated critical, but none is as ominous as CVE-2017-8620.
This bug is a vulnerability in the Windows Search service and affects all currently supported versions of Windows.
The vulnerability — discovered internally at Microsoft by Nicolas Joly of MSRC Vulnerabilities & Mitigations — allows an attacker to execute code and take over unpatched computers.
The issue is quite serious if we consider the ubiquity of the Windows Search service.
Read the full article on bleepingcomputer.com
