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Microsoft patches bug in video game Age of Empires II

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Feed Name: TechCrunch Security News

Threat Score
55/100

Date Published: 2026-07-15

Date Updated: 2026-07-23

Author: Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai

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Microsoft issued a patch fixing a record number of security bugs, including a vulnerability in the remastered Age of Empires II that could be exploited via a crafted game invite to place malicious files and achieve remote code execution on victims' machines; Rapid7 analyzed the flaw and a demonstration video shows exploitability, but there is no known in-the-wild exploitation.

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