Windows under attack by zero-day flaw: the bug has been exploited by Chinese hackers who used it to send malicious documents to Tibetans
Windows under attack by zero-day flaw
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Microsoft warns of Windows zero-day exploited in the wild
Hackers are exploiting a zero-day vulnerability in the Windows 7 OS to take over systems, Microsoft said in a security alert today. The zero-day is located in the Adobe Type Manager Library (atmfd.dll), a library that Microsoft uses to render PostScript Type 1 fonts inside multiple versions of the Windows OS. Microsoft says there are two remote code execution (RCE) vulnerabilities in this built-in library that allow attackers to run code on a user’s system and take actions on their behalf. “There are multiple ways an attacker could exploit the vulnerability, such…