MIcrosoft’s Newest Operating Systems Vulnerable to Old Flaw

by | Sep 10, 2009 | Microsoft, Security, Security Alerts, Vista, Windows, Windows 7

Microsoft Confirms SMB2 Flaw, Heightens Severity

By Ryan Naraine

Microsoft has issued a formal security advisory to confirm the remote reboot flaw in its implementation of the SMB2 protocol, going a step further to warn that a successful attack could lead to remote code execution and full system takeover.

via Microsoft Confirms SMB2 Flaw, Heightens Severity | threatpost.

Ugh.  This is an issue from 9x and 2k.  Sounds like some of the same old mistakes are still being committed int he latest iterations of Windows.

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