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Windows "inetpub" security fix can be abused to block future updates

A recent Windows security update that creates an ‘inetpub’ folder has introduced a new weakness allowing attackers to prevent the installation of future updates. After people installed this month's Microsoft Patch Tuesday security updates, Windows users suddenly found an "inetpub" folder owned by the SYSTEM account created in the root of the system drive, normally the C: drive. It was strange to see this folder created as it is normally used to hold files associated with Microsoft's Internet Inf...

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