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Fully patched Windows 7 vulnerable to Denial of Service attack

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A Researcher called as Max, claimed to have discovered a new denial of service (DOS) vulnerability in the fully updated versions of Windows 7 , Windows Vista is probably also vulnerable.

From user mode, you can make very specific set of operating system calls that can cause your entire Windows Operating System to blue screen.

To demonstrate his findings, he published a 'C' Code that triggers the bug as well as a makefile.

Researcher unable to determine whether the bug allows for arbitrary code execution, but have confirmed that it can at least be used to corrupt kernel memory and cause a denial of service.


" I stumbled accross the bug inadvertently while working on something totally unrelated to security, and decided to publish my findings so that this can be fixed by Microsoft." The Researcher Says.




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