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Microsoft has issued an update to its core malware protection engine that fixes a bug that could allow an attacker to gain LocalSystem privileges on a vulnerable machine if a specific set of odd conditions exist.
Microsoft Issues Fix for Bug in Malware Protection Engine
Seeded on Thu Mar 24, 2011 9:51 AM EDT
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The vulnerability in the Microsoft Malware Protection Engine is a privilege-escalation bug, so an attacker would already need to be authenticated on the local system in order to exploit it, the company said.
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#1 - Thu Mar 24, 2011 9:51 AM EDTSeems like Symantec had a similar problem in the not too distant past. Hackers will find and exploit anything running on your system. Since AV is on most every system attacks have been going after this software to gain entry.
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