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Microsoft rated this bug as low exploitability. Miscreants weaponized it in just 8 days

The Register · Iain Thomson · last updated

On March 11 — Patch Tuesday — Microsoft rolled out its usual buffet of bug fixes. Just eight days later, miscreants had weaponized one of the vulnerabilities, using it against government and private sector targets in Poland and Romania.…

 

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