Just prior to Thanksgiving, Microsoft issued an advisory about the bug (CVE-2013-5065), which lies in the kernel component of Windows XP and Windows Server 2003. Apparently, the attacker can excute code through the kernel mode, then the attacker goes to “install programs; view, change or delete data; or create new accounts with full administrative rights.”
"FireEye researchers Xiaobo Chen and Dan Caselden revealed in a blog post that to target users, in-the-wild attacks had been detected where the kernel vulnerability was used in conjunction with an Adobe Reader exploit."
The article goes on to say that if you have the most current version of Adobe Reader, you are not susceptible to this kernel attack. So, patch your systems, people.
I'm really wondering, who the hell still has Windows XP?! My grandmother doesn't have Windows XP and she's 76! And if you're hacking Window's XP what are you looking for?! Photo's of somebody's childhood vacation?!
UPDATE YOUR SYSTEMS, PEOPLE!
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