A security breach 17 year old (!) was discovered in Windows DNS Server. This vulnerability, called CVE-2020-1350, would allow a crook to remotely launch code on Windows servers and create malicious DNS queries. Ultimately, this flaw has the potential to shake a company’s IT infrastructure.
There’s no point in panicking. On the one hand, Windows 10 users are not affected, since this flaw concerns the implementation of Windows DNS Server. On the other hand, Microsoft delivers the patches that work well for all versions of Windows Server – then instructs admins to apply them to their servers. Finally, the vulnerability has not been exploited, according to the editor.
However, this does not mean that the flaw is benign. On the contrary: it is noted 10 according to the CVS system. To give an idea of the dangerousness of CVE-2020-1350, the flaws that allowed the WannaCry ransomware to flourish were rated 8.5 and they weren’t particularly nice.
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