Threat Brief: Windows Print Spooler RCE Vulnerability (CVE-2021-34527 AKA PrintNightmare)

By Unit 42 July 14, 2021 at 4:00 PM Category: Threat Brief, Unit 42 Tags: CVE-2021-1675, CVE-2021-34527, PrintNightmare, remote code execution, threat brief, Windows Executive Summary On July 1, 2021, Microsoft released a security advisory for a new remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability in Windows, CVE-2021-34527, referred to publicly as “PrintNightmare.” Security researchers initially believed this vulnerability to be tied to CVE-2021-1675 (Windows Print Spooler Remote…