Windows 7 exposes zero-day vulnerability Microsoft claims to be investigating

  

Microsoft confirmed yesterday that there are reports that a vulnerability exists in Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 that can be used to remotely attack the system and cause the system kernel to crash. Microsoft An investigation into this issue is currently under way.

An official Microsoft spokesperson said the vulnerability is a denial-of-service vulnerability in Windows Network File and Print Sharing Protocol (SMB), but so far Microsoft has not found exploits to exploit this vulnerability. Case.

Security expert Laurent Gaffie exposed the vulnerability in a blog yesterday and rated it as a mid-to-high-level vulnerability. Laurent Gaffie said the vulnerability would cause the SMB protocol to enter an infinite loop, and he also completed the code. Demo. There are currently no patches to fix this vulnerability, and Gaffie recommends that users turn off SMB features and ports before Microsoft releases the patch.

Gaffie pointed out that no matter how your firewall is set up, hackers can attack your system on the LAN or using IE. Gaffie said the vulnerability only affects Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 and does not affect other systems.

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