Microsoft Patch Tuesday for Nov. 2020 — Snort rules and prominent vulnerabilities
Summary: Microsoft's November 2020 security update disclosed just over 110 vulnerabilities across its products, 18 of them rated critical and the vast remainder important, with two rated low. The most severe is CVE-2020-17051 in Windows Network File System, scored 9.8 out of 10, which allows remote code execution with no user interaction and no stolen credentials.
Bottom line: A 9.8-severity flaw in Windows NFS that needs neither a user click nor valid credentials removes the two controls most teams count on to slow an attacker down. The release also patches a print spooler remote code execution bug (CVE-2020-17042) reaching back to some Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 systems, so the oldest machines in the estate carry part of the exposure.
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- Vulnerabilities & Patching
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- CVE-2020-17042CVE-2020-17051CVE-2020-17052
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