All Windows Users Are At High Risk, Says Indian Government, What To Do?

Windows Users in India received currently a high-risk warning from the Government of India which issued a warning to Windows 11 and Windows 10 users on two security vulnerabilities in the operating system. This news article will guide you through the recent Windows security loophole and the ways to get out of this.

The news is related to the Windows users who are at high risk and received the notice from the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) to make sure their Windows is running properly specifically for Windows 11 and Windows 10 users. Further, the institution said that exploiting these vulnerabilities could help an attacker gain 'enhanced privileges' on the aimed system.

Highlights

1- Windows 11 and Windows 10 Users are at high risk

2- Computer Emergency Response Team (CRET-In) issued the first warning

3- CRET- In told the company Microsoft has fixed the issue

In an advisory report, the cybersecurity agency shared the details about this information "These vulnerabilities exist in Windows-based systems supporting Virtualization Based Security (VBS) and Windows Backup. An attacker with appropriate privileges could exploit these vulnerabilities to reintroduce previously mitigated issues or bypass VBS protection,"

"Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities could allow an attacker to gain elevated privileges on the targeted system," The report includes the statement.

The two vulnerabilities that have been introduced by the security agency have a vast impact on various servers and networks of Microsoft Windows users the servers that have been affected by the vulnerabilities are listed below-

Windows Version That Have Been Affected

Windows Server 2016 (Server Core installation)
Windows Server 2016
Windows 10 Version 1607 for x64-based Systems
Windows 10 Version 1607 for 32-bit Systems
Windows 10 for x64-based Systems
Windows 10 for 32-bit Systems
Windows 11 Version 24H2 for x64-based Systems
Windows 11 Version 24H2 for ARM64-based Systems
Windows Server 2022, 23H2 Edition (Server Core installation)
Windows 11 Version 23H2 for x64-based Systems
Windows 11 Version 23H2 for ARM64-based Systems
Windows 10 Version 22H2 for 32-bit Systems
Windows 10 Version 22H2 for ARM64-based Systems
Windows 10 Version 22H2 for x64-based Systems
Windows 11 Version 22H2 for x64-based Systems
Windows 11 Version 22H2 for ARM64-based Systems
Windows 10 Version 21H2 for x64-based Systems
Windows 10 Version 21H2 for ARM64-based Systems
Windows 10 Version 21H2 for 32-bit Systems
Windows 11 version 21H2 for ARM64-based Systems
Windows 11 version 21H2 for x64-based Systems
Windows Server 2022 (Server Core installation)
Windows Server 2022
Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation)
Windows Server 2019
Windows 10 Version 1809 for ARM64-based Systems
Windows 10 Version 1809 for x64-based Systems
Windows 10 Version 1809 for 32-bit Systems

What to do? / Solution
As per the recent update of the security institute, CRET states that the necessary precautions have been taken by the Microsoft company against the vulnerabilities. And to make them secure all Windows users must download the latest update of the Windows and run it accordingly.