New, unpatched Windows flaw

URG...

This allows someone to do privilege escalation on the system and affects every 32-bit system from NT through Windows 7.

Read more about it here: http://www.h-online.com/security/new...te-908917.html

To do a workaround on Windows XP, copy this text, paste it into Notepad, save it with the name fix.reg, then double click to import it into the system registry:

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Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\AppCompat]
"VDMDisallowed"=dword:00000001

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Enjoy!

Just so you know there is a type-O in your reg Hack

Win (Space) Dows

Fixed

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\AppCompat]
"VDMDisallowed"=dword:00000001

Yeah, this isnt the only forum to do that. Not sure why, but when I put it in the quote there is no space there... and when I edit it there is no space there... but the forum shows a space.

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Originally Posted by channelmaniac

Yeah, this isnt the only forum to do that. Not sure why, but when I put it in the quote there is no space there... and when I edit it there is no space there... but the forum shows a space.

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Fixed it for ya... :-)

Patches are available from windows update. Already downloaded them and released them to all our desktops at work.

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Originally Posted by HudsonHawk

Patches are available from windows update. Already downloaded them and released them to all our desktops at work.

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That's for the IE flaw... this is for the DOS machine flaw...

Thanks TC!

Hudson, Yeah, this is a different issue. If you find the registry hacks for Vista or Win7 to mitigate this issue, please post them here.

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Originally Posted by channelmaniac

Yeah, this isnt the only forum to do that. Not sure why, but when I put it in the quote there is no space there... and when I edit it there is no space there... but the forum shows a space.

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I had that same issue. I tried to fix it about 5 times. Then I did BOLD and it worked :-)

I was feeling kind of retarded for telling you about your space when it kept popping up with a space for me as well....

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Originally Posted by MiataMike

I had that same issue. I tried to fix it about 5 times. Then I did BOLD and it worked :-)

I was feeling kind of retarded for telling you about your space when it kept popping up with a space for me as well....

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I think there's a maximum word length in the vBulletin code... just put stuff like that in [CODE][/CODE] tags...

I guess I should have read the text instead of just assuming. Most of our end users aren't that sophisticated and those that are already have admin rights on their desktops anyway.