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Oh well, so much for Windows being the most secure OS. It seems something as small as a malformed animated cursor can bring Vsta to its knees.

Microsoft has warned that it is aware of limited and targeted attacks impacting a critical vulnerability in Microsoft Windows Animated cursor handling. At the basis of the zero-day vulnerability is insufficient format validation, before cursors, animated cursors, and icon rendering.

Whoops!

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