[HIB]Zero-day Microsoft flaw already being exploited

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Security experts have warned that hackers are already exploiting a zero-day vulnerability in Windows Help and Support Center, just days after a Google researcher published exploit code for the attack.Tavis Ormandy went public with the CVE 2010-1885 vulnerability last week, having given Microsoft just five days to develop a fix. The flaw affects Windows XP and Windows Server 2003.However, security vendor Sophos warned in a blog post yesterday that a compromised web site has been discovered that exploits the vulnerability by installing Trojan malware which could result in arbitrary code execution on a victim's machine.

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