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Eugene

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3. A Techspot article gives more information.

Reply to KT2000 (Reply #2)

Sat Mar 9, 2019, 09:41 PM

Mar 2019

The sandbox failure in Chrome was one way to reach the kernel driver. It may not be the only way in.

FWIW, Microsoft says the kernel bug only affects 32-bit systems.

Techspot: Major Windows 7 zero-day discovered, enables privilege escalation in combination with another Chrome exploit

https://www.techspot.com/news/79089-major-windows-7-zero-day-discovered-enables-privileged.html

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Google Says Upgrade To Windows 10 After Critical Flaws Found In Chrome And Windows 7 [View all] Eugene Mar 2019 OP

Google can kiss my arse... nt ThingsGottaChange Mar 2019 #1

So - if I have Win 7 KT2000 Mar 2019 #2

A Techspot article gives more information. Eugene Mar 2019 #3

Thank you KT2000 Mar 2019 #4