Microsoft has released patches to improve critical Printnightmare vulnerabilities, however, some people report that their printer suddenly stopped working after installing this patch.
In a report by the threshold, this problem seems to most affect the printer from zebra.
Zebra printers are used by businesses to print labels, tags, barcodes, etc.
New patch updates may affect the printer from other brands too.
Fortunately, Microsoft has acknowledged this problem and said that there would be a release of updated fillings immediately.
If you face a problem that connects your printer to a PC then “the direct way to resolve this problem is to delete the Windows Update Installation” KB5004945 “or delete the affected printer driver installation and reinstall using administrative credentials,” Zebra suggests users in the threshold statement.
“We are aware of the printing problem caused by the update of Windows July 6” KB5004945 “which affects several printer brands.
Microsoft has investigated this problem and plans to release updates that address problems in the next 1-2 business days,” he added.
Printnightmare vulnerability is an important security defect because it can provide outsiders to admin rights that allow them to create new accounts, install programs and modify data.
Microsoft has fixed the problem with releasing fillings and warns Windows users to immediately update their system.
The company said, “There is a vulnerability of remote code execution when Windows Print Spooler services do not properly carry out special file operations.
A attacker who managed to exploit this vulnerability can run arbitrary code with system privileges.” Security updates released on and after July 6 2021 contains protection for remote code execution in Exploit in Windows Print Spooler services known as “Printnightmare”, documented in CVE-2021-34527, as well as for CVE-2021-1675.
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