In fact, last month, the tech giant issued a reminder about Distributed Component Object Model (DCOM) hardening. For those unaware, the Redmond company made these changes against a Windows DCOM Server Security Feature bypass, a vulnerability tracked under CVE-2021-26414.
Additional DCOM hardening resources have been shared
Today, however, Microsoft has released some additional resources regarding this and it has updated its support page about the matter which now includes availability dates for the various error events across various Windows operating systems. As you would have expected, these changes absolutely include Windows Server versions, Windows 10, and Windows 11. Microsoft added that these error events are only available for a subset of Windows versions and has shared an interesting table. Just to remember, the DCOM service allows software components to communicate with each other on a network. Please keep in mind that we can help in scenarios such as DCOM error 1084, or if you are struggling with Distributedcom 10016. And, in case you are wondering what these error events are meant to signify, Microsoft explains that these will help identify the applications that can have compatibility issues after the DCOM security hardening changes are placed. You will probably want to find out more about this, so we recommend visiting the official support page for KB5004442. What is your take on this entire situation? Share your opinions and thoughts about it in the dedicated comments section below.
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