Tuesday, September 8, 2009

Close to Patch Tuesday, new flaw surfaces

As Microsoft prepares to release its latest patches, researchers said they've seen exploit code for a new flaw that puts organizations using Vista and Windows 7 at great risk.

The flaw lies in a driver used for the Samba file-sharing feature in Windows, said Bojan Zdrnja, a handler for the SANS Internet Storm Center. Exploit code was released around 11 p.m. U.S. Eastern time, he said.

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