Decade old Windows bug hunt Microsoft

BANGALORE, INDIA: A bug that is almost two decades old in hunting the software giant Windows now. Last week, eSecurity Planet reported on a 17-year-old hole in Windows that could be used to take over a user's system. The good news (if there is one) is that physical access to the machine as well as authenticated password access is needed for the PC to be compromised.  

Microsoft acknowledged that a security researcher has located a 17-year-old hole in Windows that could be used to take over a user's system and said it plans a patch.

However, compromising a user's PC would not be easy, requiring physical access to the machine as well as authenticated password access, Microsoft said in a Security Advisory last Wednesday.

The hole, which originated with the release of Windows NT back in 1993 and is present in every 32-bit version of Windows since, including Windows 7, was discovered by Tavis Ormandy, a Google security team member in Switzerland.

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