Security News > 2017 > February > Exploit for Windows DoS zero-day published, patch out on Tuesday? (Help Net Security)
2017-02-03 20:12
A zero-day bug affecting Windows 10, 8.1, Windows Server 2012 and 2016 can be exploited to crash a vulnerable system and possibly even to compromise it. The bug It is a memory corruption bug in the handling of SMB traffic that could be easily exploited by forcing a Windows system to connect to a malicious SMB share. Tricking a user to connect to such a server should be an easy feat if clever social engineering … More →
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