Its far from an ideal solution.

“All patches made by Microsoft have not been able to seal this threat.”

Why the Print Spooler?

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“Microsoft has released several patches to deal with issues,” said Maberly.

Can Microsoft Fix It?

Especially when new vulnerabilities continue to be discovered while known ones are being addressed.

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This time they must keep the security aspects of using the GDI in mind," said Baltazar.

“…The spooler should have control over all the steps for successfully concluding the printing job.

This will probably tightly bound the sequence and make the spooler less vulnerable to infiltrations.”

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