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Windows Users Getting Bitten by Macrovision Flaw


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#1 Nvyseal

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Posted 06 November 2007 - 06:33 AM

images/news/security.jpgMicrosoft and Macrovision are working to neutralize a zero-day flaw that could cause a complete system takeover.

Microsoft is working with Macrovision to check out a flaw in a driver on Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP that's being exploited in the wild, according to a Microsoft special security advisory released after business hours on Nov. 5. The danger is complete system takeover.

The vulnerability is in the Macrovision secdrv.sys driver on supported editions of Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP. The affected product is Macrovision SafeDisc, a copy-protection application written for Windows.

Microsoft said in security advisory 944653 that Vista is immune.

Read more @ eWeek


#2 TheBearLT

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Posted 07 November 2007 - 04:48 PM

But of course Vista is immune... lol :scara:

They should be better working on Fixing bugs in Vista, instead of protecting us from possibility of zero-day flaw that could cause a complete system takeover.

Edited by TheBearLT, 07 November 2007 - 04:49 PM.





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