Microsoft offers workaround, but no fix, for yet another Windows print spooler security vulnerability

Just as there has been a spate of hugely problematic updates for Windows 10 over the last year, in recent weeks there has been a seemingly endless stream of security flaws relating to the Windows print spooler. Now Microsoft has acknowledged another zero-day vulnerability. There is currently no fix available for the security bug, a Remote Code Execution vulnerability which is being tracked as CVE-2021-36958. However, Microsoft has offered up a (less than ideal) workaround for this latest vulnerability from the PrintNightmare family. See also: PrintNightmare fixing KB5005033 update is causing performance issues in Windows 10 Tweaking tool ThisIsWin11 is… [Continue Reading]