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   Microsoft wraps up 2021 with 64 patched vulnerabilities-    
   including Windows 7 fixes   
      
   https://news.sophos.com/en-us/2021/12/14/microsoft-wraps-up-    
   2021-with-64-patched-vulnerabilities-including-windows-7-fixes/   
      
   I found this comment somewhat amusing yet disconcerting:   
      
   "fixes apply to versions of Windows stretching the way back to     
   the end-of-life'd Windows 7. In fact, there are 17 bugs being     
   patched in Windows 7 this month"   
      
   WRT Win7, "vulnerability in Windows' Encrypted File System     
   (EFS) that also extends back to Windows 7 (CVE-2021-43217)-one     
   that can be triggered regardless of whether or not EFS is in     
   use on the targeted system. A specially-crafted attack could     
   result in a buffer overflow write to memory that could result     
   in unauthenticated code being executed by triggering EFS. This     
   bug has been publicly disclosed, making it an urgent fix."   
      
   The EFS exploit sounds a bit worrisome since "the problem" can     
   be triggered even when EFS is not even in use.  I *was*     
   thinking of trying it a while back though.   
      
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     ../|ug   
      
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