Microsoft Releases Out-of-Band Patch KB4578013 for Win8.1

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Microsoft has released KB4578013 for Win8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2 on 8/18/2020. This Update covers CVE-2020-1530 and CVE-2020-1537 Windows Remote
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Didjey, abbodi86, woody, WildBill, Mr. Natural, Microfix

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Could it possibly be that they held up the release of this patch to fix a known issue?……Nah  🙂

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[WildBill]

I don’t want to cosplay the usual Chicken Littles & scream “THE SKY IS FALLING!”… but is it? If these patches were just accidentally overlooked & are basically the same fix in all other Windows versions, us Win8.1 folk could wait to install it with the rest of this month’s patches. Right? Right?! However, if the hunch of @Mr._Natural is right & this fixes a known issue that should be addressed quickly… should we apply it ASAP? & by “apply”, I Only mean KB4578013 & Nothing Else! What up, Boss?!

Bought a refurbished Windows 10 64-bit, currently updated to 22H2. Have broke the AC adapter cord going to the 8.1 machine, but before that, coaxed it into charging. Need to buy new adapter if wish to continue using it.
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Win8.1 just didn’t get it included with the monthly patches. So they are being released later.
If you are holding off on the monthly patches (that contain these fixes for all the other versions) then there is no real difference holding off on these for Win8.1. Right? Right!
We’re on DEFCON-2 unless Woody says otherwise. 🙂

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or maybe it is a two-fold update, 1. an update required & 2. another spanner ithrown into w8.1 like they did with w7  to frustrate users to w10 again …imo

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In spite of what the KB article says, I’ve seen several reports that this patch DOES require a reboot.

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WildBill

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It update more than 6 components and reinstall at least two product policy licenses
it’s very normal to require reboot

KB articles are not accurate all the time 🙂

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I can concur with Woody that this update did require reboot for one of the servers that i patched this morning as a test.

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Yes, my stand-alone Win8.1 Pro machine also required a reboot.

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It’s Redmond at it’s best. They have released a patch for a vulnerability, that should have been patched already on August 11, 2018. Their KB article about Update KB4578013 is simply a mess. Wrong as h*** and don’t reveal, why they need to patch again.

Their Windows Message Center says ‘install immediately’ – but the CVE article says ‘2 – Exploitation Less Likely’.

BTW: I’ve send @Windows Update a tweet to inform them to update that contradictious information they are publishing.

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https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4578013/security-update-for-windows-8-1-rt-8-1-and-server-2012-r2  The KB also indicates that it’s only on the catalog site.

Susan Bradley Patch Lady/Prudent patcher

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I got it through WU. @Microfix also.

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Microfix

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So did I. More misinformation from MS! But, I’ve come to expect that as normal.

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