Windows Security Warning: PrintNightmare. Act NOW!

Started by Walter Schulz, July 06, 2021, 07:17:37 PM

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Walter Schulz

Sadly no joke: Use a search engine to look for
PrintNightMare

Disable "Spooler" ASAP and hope for a patch to come up soon.

theBilalFakhouri

Regarding how to disable "Print Spooler" service (under Workarounds):
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2021-34527


Open Powershell as admin:
QuoteDetermine if the Print Spooler service is running

Get-Service -Name Spooler

QuoteOption 1 - Disable the Print Spooler service

If disabling the Print Spooler service is appropriate for your enterprise, use the following PowerShell commands:

Stop-Service -Name Spooler -Force
Set-Service -Name Spooler -StartupType Disabled

You can run again the following command to check if it still running or disabled:
Get-Service -Name Spooler

Done.

There is another option, you can follow it from link above.