Summary. This article describes how to configure RPC to use a specific dynamic port range and how to help secure the ports in that range by using an Internet Protocol security (IPsec) policy. By default, RPC uses ports in the ephemeral port range (1024-5000) when it assigns ports to RPC applications that have to listen on a TCP endpoint.

Summary. The Distributed Component Object Model (DCOM) Remote Protocol is a protocol for exposing application objects using remote procedure calls (RPCs). DCOM is used for communication between the software components of networked devices. Hardening changes in DCOM were required for CVE-2021-26414.

The Netlogon Remote Protocol remote procedure call (RPC) interface is primarily used to maintain the relationship between a device and its domain , and relationships among domain controllers (DCs) and domains. This update protects Windows devices from CVE-2022-38023 by default.

Summary. Security updates released on and after July 6, 2021 contain protections for a remote code execution vulnerability in the Windows Print Spooler service ( spoolsv.exe) known as “PrintNightmare”, documented in CVE-2021-34527. After installing the July 2021 and later updates, non-administrators, including delegated admin groups like ...

Summary. A security bypass vulnerability exists in the way the Printer Remote Procedure Call (RPC) binding handles authentication for the remote Winspool interface. The Windows update addresses this vulnerability by increasing the RPC authentication level and introducing a new policy and registry key to allow customers to disable or enable ...

Fixes an issue in which the Remote Procedure Call (RPC) service crashes in Windows Server 2008 or in Windows Vista. When this issue occurs, events that have Event ID 7031 and Event ID 1000 are logged.

Remote procedure call service crashes on a computer that is running Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2 - Microsoft Support.

Extra.exe crashes when it performs RPC activity checks against an Exchange Server 2010 server - Microsoft Support. Symptoms. Assume that you run Microsoft Exchange Troubleshooting Assistant (Extra.exe) to troubleshoot remote procedure call (RPC) related performance issues on a Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 server.

How to obtain help and support for this security update. Resolves a vulnerability in Windows that could allow remote code execution if an authenticated attacker makes malformed Remote Procedure Call (RPC) requests to an affected host.

Status. Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section. Describes an issue that occurs when you add static ports for client RPC traffic in Windows Server 2012 R2 or Windows Server 2008 R2.