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12-14-2007

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Microsoft acknowledges Vista kernel elevation vulnerability

What was not supposed to happen in Windows Vista apparently has: Despite a layer of protection that was supposed to prevent against processes elevating their own privileges, Microsoft now says someone found a way to do it.

Source: BetaNews.com

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