Tag Archives: Patchday 7.2024

Windows Server at risk from PoC exploit for CVE-2024-38077

Posted on 2024-08-09 by guenni

[German]Another follow-up to the July 2024 patchday, in which Microsoft closed the vulnerability CVE-2024-38077 in the Windows Remote Desktop Licensing (RDL) service of Windows Server. This is a Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability that has been rated with a CVSS … Continue reading →

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Microsoft confirms Bitlocker queries through Windows July 2024 updates

Posted on 2024-07-25 by guenni

[German]On July 9, 2024, Microsoft released a series of security updates for Windows. For some users, this leads to a prompt for the Bitlocker recovery key appearing when booting. I had already reported on this for Windows 11. However, Microsoft … Continue reading →

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Windows Patchday news: MSHTML 0-day vulnerability CVE-2024-38112 exploited by malware

Posted on 2024-07-19 by guenni

[German]A small addendum to the July 2024 patchday at Microsoft. With the security updates, Microsoft has also closed an MSHTML spoofing vulnerability. There was information that this vulnerability (CVE-2024-38112) was and is being exploited by malware. The vulnerability is in … Continue reading →

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Workaround for broken Windows Remote Desktop Gateway service after July 2024 updates

Posted on 2024-07-19 by guenni

[German]There are some issues with the security updates that Microsoft rolled out for Windows on July 9, 2024. I have received some reports that the Remote Desktop Gateway service is broken under some Windows versions (Windows Server 2019, Windows Server … Continue reading →

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KB5040711 Update (Microsoft OLE DB Driver for SQL Server) fails

Posted on 2024-07-18 by guenni

[German]On July 9, 2024, Microsoft also released the update KB5040711 (Security Update for Microsoft OLE DB Driver for SQL Server). However, I have received a reader report that an installation error occurs during the update installation. There are also reader … Continue reading →

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Microsoft's fixes for various Windows bugs (July 2024)

Posted on 2024-07-16 by guenni

[German]Microsoft has fixed some annoying bugs in Windows 10 and Windows 11 in recent weeks (since the release of the preview updates at the end of June 2024) (these fixes can be found on this Microsoft website). The problem of … Continue reading →

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July 2024 security update KB5040427 crashes Windows 10/Server LPD printing service

Posted on 2024-07-15 by guenni

[German]With the security updates of July 9, 2024, Microsoft has patched some bugs and vulnerabilities in the relevant Windows versions. However, I have received reports from readers that the July 2024 updates are causing problems with the print service. Users … Continue reading →

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Windows 10/11 updates (e.g. KB5040442) trigger Bitlocker queries (July 2024)

Posted on 2024-07-12 by guenni

[German]The security updates rolled out on the July 2024 patchday (e.g. KB5040442 for Windows 11, but also for the Windows 10 counterpart), there are issues on systems on which Bitlocker is activated. I got reports from several German blog readers, … Continue reading →

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Windows July 2024 updates break remote connections

Posted on 2024-07-12 by guenni

[German]There are isolated reports of issues in Windows caused by the July 2024 patchday security updates. Under Windows Server 2012 R2, there is a report that the Remote Desktop Virtualization Host Agent service under Hyper-V is broken (albeit due to … Continue reading →

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Windows 11 update KB5040442 causes issues with Outlook 2021

Posted on 2024-07-11 by guenni

[German]Quick question for the readership: Are there any problems with Windows 11 23H2 if the preview update KB5039302 from June 2024 or the security update KB5040442 from July 2024 is installed? I have received reports that links can no longer … Continue reading →

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