Windows debugger is, er, buggy
Microsoft has admitted that its Windows debugging facility is itself subject to a security bug. In an advisory issued yesterday, Microsoft admitted the authentication mechanism for the debugging facility is flawed in a way that allows unauthorised programs to gain access to the debugger. The upshot of this is, providing an attacker can log-in to a target machine - and that's a big if - a cracker can screw your Windows box six ways to Sunday.
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