Microsoft claims 64-bit version of Win 7 defect hacker can remote control system

  

Beijing time on May 20th news, according to foreign media reports, Microsoft is developing a patch to fix a flaw in the 64-bit Windows 7 graphics display component. Hackers can exploit this flaw to crash the system or remotely control the system.

Microsoft is investigating a flaw in the Windows Canonical Display Driver (cdd.dll) that affects 64-bit versions of Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2, and Windows Server 2008 R2 that support Itanium chips. The representative of Microsoft said that the company is developing a patch and will release the patch after the test is completed.

Home Premium, Business, Enterprise, and Ultimate Windows 7 users can disable Windows Aero to prevent attacks from this flaw. This defect only affects systems that have Windows Aero enabled. By default, Windows Aero 2008 disables Windows Aero.

Microsoft said, "Despite the possibility of hackers using the flaw to remotely execute code, this is extremely low given the random location of the code in memory. In most cases A hacker who successfully exploited the flaw could cause the system to stop responding and automatically restart. We did not receive a report that exploited the flaw."

Microsoft pointed out that third-party graphics browsing using Microsoft GDI (graphics device interface) The software will be affected by this defect. A hacker can exploit the flaw to launch an attack by sending a malicious graphic file to the user, or by e-mailing or instant messaging to trick the user into visiting a website hosting a malicious graphic file.

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