“Microsoft has acknowledged that it is working on a patch for a potentially serious security hole in fully patched versions of Windows XP Service Pack 2. […] In an advisory posted at SecurityProtocols.com, [a private security] researcher described the issue as a remote kernel denial-of-service flaw affecting XP SP2, with the default firewall turned on. […] the flaw resides in the Windows “Remote Desktop” feature that allows XP users to remotely control computers from another office, from home or while traveling.”
Microsoft Investigates New XP SP2 Flaw
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