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Hackers exploited Windows 0-day for 6 months after Microsoft knew of it (arstechnica.com)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 8 months ago (2 children)

The exploit needed admin privileges to work, so it seems like Microsoft viewed it as low priority.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago

Ah, so It rather involved being on the other side of this airtight hatchway

[–] [email protected] 11 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

If malware has admin privileges isn't the whole system already considered compromised? Seeing as admins can basically modify whatever they want without restriction.