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Two New Windows Zero-Days Exploited in the Wild — One Affects Every Version Ever Shipped (thehackernews.com)
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..."The vulnerable driver ships with every version of Windows, up to and including Server 2025," Adam Barnett, lead software engineer at Rapid7, said. "Maybe your fax modem uses a different chipset, and so you don't need the Agere driver? Perhaps you've simply discovered email? Tough luck. Your PC is still vulnerable, and a local attacker with a minimally privileged account can elevate to administrator."...

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[–] 75 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Nope 0 days means

Zero-day vulnerability: A software flaw that attackers discover before the developer does.

Zero-day exploit: The method hackers use to take advantage of this unknown vulnerability.

Zero-day attack: An attack that uses a zero-day exploit to damage a system, steal data, or plant malware before a patch is available. This is a serious risk because no defenses are in place for this specific flaw yet.

The first is the most common one found in the press and is usually reported to the company so they can patch it, before press release.

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  • [–] 24 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    But it would be weird to call something a "zero-day" if it wasn't being exploited. Like if I discover a vuln, it shouldn't be considered a zero-day, even if I report it, if I'm not exploiting it in the wild.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    Maybe I was just missing pertinent information, but I thought a zero day was an attack that could be exploited in a very short time frame that has remained unpatched, I didn't realize there was a hierarchy to the different stages.

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