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If You Use Windows NT 4.0 or Windows 2000, Read This!!
« on: May 27, 2002, 07:20:26 AM »
Microsoft Patch Fixes Windows Debugger Flaw

>From eWeek:
Microsoft has released a patch for a new critical flaw in the debugger service in Windows NT and 2000 that enables an attacker to gain complete access to a vulnerable machine.
The Redmond, Wash., company says there is a flaw in the authentication mechanism in the debugging program that allows unauthorized programs to gain access to the debugger. The interloper can then use the debugger to cause a running program to start another program of the attacker's choosing.


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Microsoft Patch Fixes Windows Debugger Flaw