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Windows-7 Memory Corruption Vulnerability

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Windows Memory CorruptionA vulnerability has been discovered in Microsoft Windows, which can be exploited by malicious people to potentially compromise a user’s system.

The vulnerability is caused due to an error in win32k.sys and can be exploited to corrupt memory via e.g. a specially crafted web page containing an IFRAME with an overly large “height” attribute viewed using the Apple Safari browser.

Successful exploitation may allow execution of arbitrary code with kernel-mode privileges.

The vulnerability is

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