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Title: Windows 7 UAC has a second flaw Post by: Alex on February 04, 2009, 07:31:05 PM Windows 7 UAC has a second flaw
Long Zheng of I Started Something has uncovered a flaw in Windows 7's UAC that means malware can elevate itself to administrator privileges. This news comes after a previously discovered flaw in Windows 7's new tiered UAC system that meant malware can disable UAC silently. Zheng has stated "a second UAC security flaw in the Windows 7 beta's default security configuration allows a malicious application to autonomously elevate themselves to full administrative privileges without UAC prompts or turning UAC off", which is bad news for Microsoft. It is also bad news for all the people currently running the Windows 7 beta, leaving them with a security risk. Read full story... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/neowin-main/~3/oecS33EhCyE/windows-7-uac-has-a-second-flaw |