Vista Kernel Elevation Vulnerability Could Allow Complete Takeover of Systems

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*Source: Tech-Ex (http://technologyexpert.blogspot.com...ability.html)*
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The ability of processes to elevate their own privilege level was supposedly impossible in Windows Vista, but Microsoft has acknowledged that there is a vulnerability that could allow processes in both the 32- and 64-bit versions of Windows Vista to elevate their own privilege to administrator level. This could allow a hacker to take complete control of a system.

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