…“The vulnerable driver ships with every version of Windows, up to and including Server 2025,” Adam Barnett, lead software engineer at Rapid7, said. “Maybe your fax modem uses a different chipset, and so you don’t need the Agere driver? Perhaps you’ve simply discovered email? Tough luck. Your PC is still vulnerable, and a local attacker with a minimally privileged account can elevate to administrator.”…

  • floquant@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    1 day ago

    Yeah, until something like this happens again a year or two down the line. Not to mention all unpatched or lagging systems