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known vulnerabilityA bug in software that has been identified. It typically refers to bugs that have been used for malicious purposes. For example, bugs in Web server, Web browser and e-mail client software are widely exploited by attackers. Although vendors generally issue patches, there is no guarantee that all users will apply them. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| The low-exposure state is hopefully the default; high exposure is tied to various conditions such as a known vulnerability that applies to the specific software on a machine, a virus or worm that exploits that vulnerability circulating in the proximate environment, ongoing deployment of new software by systems management tools, hardware aging, or other factors. It also scans IIS servers looking for the known vulnerability and attacks those servers. Engineers from Core Security discovered that, by exploiting a previously known vulnerability in CA's BrightStor ARCserve Backup, a third-party application that runs on Vista, an attacker could remotely compromise and take over a target machine. |
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