#Microsoft Printer Drivers

**What type of information could be disclosed by this vulnerability?** An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could view heap memory from a privileged process running on the server.

**What type of information could be disclosed by this vulnerability?** An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could view heap memory from a privileged process running on the server.

**Determine if the Print Spooler service is running** Run the following in Windows PowerShell: Get-Service -Name Spooler If the Print Spooler is running or if the service is not set to disabled, select one of the following options to either disable the Print Spooler service, or to Disable inbound remote printing through Group Policy: **Option 1 - Disable the Print Spooler service** If disabling the Print Spooler service is appropriate for your enterprise, use the following PowerShell commands: Stop-Service -Name Spooler -Force Set-Service -Name Spooler -StartupType Disabled **Impact of workaround** Disabling the Print Spooler service disables the ability to print both locally and remotely. **Option 2 - Disable inbound remote printing through Group Policy** You can also configure the settings via Group Policy as follows: Computer Configuration / Administrative Templates / Printers Disable the “Allow Print Spooler to accept client connections:” policy to block remote attacks....

**What type of information could be disclosed by this vulnerability?** An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could view heap memory from a privileged process running on the server.

**What type of information could be disclosed by this vulnerability?** An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could potentially read small portions of heap memory.

**What type of information could be disclosed by this vulnerability?** An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could potentially read small portions of heap memory.

**What type of information could be disclosed by this vulnerability?** An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could potentially read small portions of heap memory.

**Determine if the Print Spooler service is running** Run the following in Windows PowerShell: Get-Service -Name Spooler If the Print Spooler is running or if the service is not set to disabled, select one of the following options to either disable the Print Spooler service, or to Disable inbound remote printing through Group Policy: **Option 1 - Disable the Print Spooler service** If disabling the Print Spooler service is appropriate for your enterprise, use the following PowerShell commands: Stop-Service -Name Spooler -Force Set-Service -Name Spooler -StartupType Disabled **Impact of workaround** Disabling the Print Spooler service disables the ability to print both locally and remotely. **Option 2 - Disable inbound remote printing through Group Policy** You can also configure the settings via Group Policy as follows: Computer Configuration / Administrative Templates / Printers Disable the “Allow Print Spooler to accept client connections:” policy to block remote attacks....

**What type of information could be disclosed by this vulnerability?** An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could view heap memory from a privileged process running on the server.

**What type of information could be disclosed by this vulnerability?** An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could potentially read small portions of heap memory.