{"id":252051,"date":"2026-07-15T18:47:01","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T18:47:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/15\/microsoft-patches-bug-in-video-game-age-of-empires-ii-techcrunch\/"},"modified":"2026-07-15T18:47:01","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T18:47:01","slug":"microsoft-patches-bug-in-video-game-age-of-empires-ii-techcrunch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/15\/microsoft-patches-bug-in-video-game-age-of-empires-ii-techcrunch\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft patches bug in video game Age of Empires II | TechCrunch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p id=\"speakable-summary\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Tuesday, <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2026\/07\/15\/microsoft-patches-record-number-of-security-vulnerabilities-citing-its-use-of-ai\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Microsoft patched<\/a> a historic record number of security bugs across its product lines, in large part due to the use of AI to help the company and external researchers discover bugs.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Among the fixed vulnerabilities <a href=\"https:\/\/msrc.microsoft.com\/update-guide\/en-US\/vulnerability\/CVE-2026-50663\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">was one<\/a> for the remastered version of the classic 25-year-old war strategy video game Age of Empires II. The flaw allowed hackers to take over a victim\u2019s computer by sending a custom malicious game invite, according to security researchers.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A video <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/rdjgr\/status\/2077331427549421918\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">posted on X<\/a> shows how the flaw could be exploited by hackers.<\/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. <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QmMkY07C8S\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/QmMkY07C8S<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rick de Jager (@rdjgr) <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/rdjgr\/status\/2077331427549421918?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">July 15, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rapid7.com\/blog\/post\/em-patch-tuesday-july-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">cybersecurity firm Rapid7<\/a>, a successful attack would have allowed hackers to place malicious files on the victim\u2019s computer, opening the door for the hacker to achieve the ability to run malicious code on the victim\u2019s machine.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That means, effectively, the hacker could have taken over control of the hacked computer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There is no evidence that this bug was successfully exploited in the wild by hackers. But <a href=\"http:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2026\/03\/13\/valve-steam-malware-games-fbi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">targeting video gamers<\/a> can be an effective way to install malware on a high number of victims\u2019 computers and steal their passwords, for example.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2026\/07\/15\/microsoft-patches-bug-in-video-game-age-of-empires-ii\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Tuesday, Microsoft patched a historic record number of security bugs across its product lines, in large part due to the use of AI to help the company and external researchers discover bugs.\u00a0 Among the fixed vulnerabilities was one for the remastered version of the classic 25-year-old war strategy video game Age of Empires II. 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