{"id":3490907,"date":"2026-07-15T18:47:01","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T18:47:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/techingeek.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/15\/microsoft-resolves-issue-in-video-game-age-of-empires-ii\/"},"modified":"2026-07-15T18:47:01","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T18:47:01","slug":"microsoft-resolves-issue-in-video-game-age-of-empires-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techingeek.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/15\/microsoft-resolves-issue-in-video-game-age-of-empires-ii\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft resolves issue in video game Age of Empires II"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/techingeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/microsoft-resolves-issue-in-video-game-age-of-empires-ii.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"speakable-summary\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Tuesday, Microsoft addressed a record-setting number of security vulnerabilities across its range of products, largely attributed to the utilization of AI that aided both the company and outside researchers in identifying these bugs.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Among the issues resolved was a security flaw in the remastered edition of the beloved 25-year-old strategy game Age of Empires II. This vulnerability enabled hackers to gain control of a target\u2019s computer by sending a specially crafted harmful game invitation, as stated by security analysts.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A clip shared on X demonstrates how this vulnerability could be exploited by cybercriminals.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-x wp-block-embed-x\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Here\u2019s the Age of Empires RCE from yesterday\u2019s Patch Tuesday: CVE-2026-50663.<\/p>\n<p>Join an attacker\u2019s lobby, (auto-)accept UCG, and you get  remote code execution. pic.twitter.com\/QmMkY07C8S<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rick de Jager (@rdjgr) July 15, 2026<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the cybersecurity company Rapid7, a successful breach would have permitted hackers to upload harmful files to the target\u2019s system, thereby granting them the capability to execute malicious code on that machine.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In essence, this would mean the hacker could have seized control of the compromised computer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Currently, there is no evidence that this vulnerability was exploited in reality by hackers. However, targeting gamers can effectively lead to the installation of malware across a large number of victims\u2019 computers, allowing for password theft, for instance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/techingeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/microsoft-resolves-issue-in-video-game-age-of-empires-ii.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"speakable-summary\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Tuesday, Microsoft addressed a record-setting number of security vulnerabilities across its range of products, largely attributed to the utilization of AI that aided both the company and outside researchers in identifying these bugs.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Among the issues resolved was a security flaw in the remastered edition of the beloved 25-year-old strategy game Age of Empires II. This vulnerability enabled hackers to gain control of a target\u2019s computer by sending a specially crafted harmful game invitation, as stated by security analysts.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A clip shared on X demonstrates how this vulnerability could be exploited by cybercriminals.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-x wp-block-embed-x\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Here\u2019s the Age of Empires RCE from yesterday\u2019s Patch Tuesday: CVE-2026-50663.<\/p>\n<p>Join an attacker\u2019s lobby, (auto-)accept UCG, and you get  remote code execution. pic.twitter.com\/QmMkY07C8S<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rick de Jager (@rdjgr) July 15, 2026<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the cybersecurity company Rapid7, a successful breach would have permitted hackers to upload harmful files to the target\u2019s system, thereby granting them the capability to execute malicious code on that machine.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In essence, this would mean the hacker could have seized control of the compromised computer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Currently, there is no evidence that this vulnerability was exploited in reality by hackers. However, targeting gamers can effectively lead to the installation of malware across a large number of victims\u2019 computers, allowing for password theft, for instance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3490908,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"Default","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3490907","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/techingeek.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3490907"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/techingeek.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/techingeek.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techingeek.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techingeek.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3490907"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/techingeek.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3490907\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techingeek.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3490908"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/techingeek.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3490907"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techingeek.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3490907"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techingeek.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3490907"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}