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System Exploitable With USB

Posted by Zonk on from the good-thing-no-one-uses-that dept.

Anonymous Coward writes "Vulnerabilities in USB drivers for Windows could allow an attacker to take control of locked workstations using a specially programmed Universal Serial Bus device." From the article: "The buffer-overflow flaw is in device drivers that Windows loads whenever USB devices are inserted into computers running Windows 32-bit operating systems, including Windows XP and Windows 2000, said Caleb Sima, chief technology officer and founder of SPI Dynamics."

5 of 310 comments (clear)

  1. Now this is what i call by pH03n1X · · Score: 4, Funny

    'plug and play' hacking .....

  2. And at 11:30... by Photo_Nut · · Score: 3, Funny

    Flaws found in device drivers shipped with Windows, Microsoft recommends upgrading to Vista!

  3. Be Careful! by Neticulous · · Score: 4, Funny

    "What would be funny is if Vista had this bug when it shipped..." Hey there, this is microsoft, in order for us to not get sued we need you to use "Windows" in cojuction with the word "Vista". So please kindly edit your post, you wouldnt want us to get sued, would you? darling? sweety?

  4. Re:Overflows are fun! by ForestGrump · · Score: 2, Funny

    Correction: There is ONE OS that can prevent you from gaining physical access to the machine. This os is HAL.

    Grump

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  5. Re:Tonight at 11: by glottis5 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Instead of exploiting this flaw, why not just hit the computer with a hammer or something? This seems rather impractical.