BitDefender launches counterattack on current zero-day threat to Windows users Holzwickede, November 29, 2010 since last week a new exploit attack on Windows users causes a stir. The previously unknown vulnerability in the kernel-mode driver win32k.sys of Microsoft operating system appeared in a Chinese forum. It is not yet clear when Microsoft will respond with a patch. Such is expected until mid-December. Anti-malware expert BitDefender (www.bitdefender.de) asks its users earlier on the safe side and responded with an update to its antivirus programs.
Users of Windows XP, Vista and 7, both 32 – and the 64-bit version are affected by the attack. Cybercriminals that penetrate through the vulnerability in a system, have the ability to implement more malware in the respective computer. Furthermore they can run programs for which they have actually no security clearance or change basic settings. This is a stack overflow in which makes it possible Function NtGdiEnable EUDC. This is an attacker able to outwit the system with a fake return address and to make a harmful registry entry, which he is equipped with kernel mode privileges. So are even newer systems such as Vista and Windows 7 undermined, which normally would require an authorization. There is a Microsoft patch yet still not a BitDefender solution already. The anti-malware suites (www.bitdefender.de/ solutions) of the virus protection experts detect, block and reliably eliminate the new threat and offer professional protection to Windows users.
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