Security News > 2020 > September > Source Code of Windows XP, Server 2003 Allegedly Leaked

Someone has leaked what appear to be source code files for the Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 operating systems.

The source code files for Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 appear to have been made public for the first time.

Several people say the code looks legitimate and one infosec enthusiast pointed out that the leaked Windows XP code seems to be for the SP1 version.

Both Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 reached end of life and end of support years ago.

According to some recent data, Windows XP is still running on roughly one percent of computers worldwide, which translates to tens of millions of PCs. From a security perspective, while the Windows XP source code could be useful for finding some new vulnerabilities in the operating system, threat actors have plenty of existing exploits to choose from if they want to target devices running Windows XP. Some pointed out that parts of the code in Windows XP likely also made it into Windows 10, which could have more serious implications.

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