Windows 7 has been one of Microsoft‘s most successful operating systems. Millions of users have gone through its code throughout its life cycle and, although it has been out of support since January of this year, it still has millions of users who use it on their computers on a daily basis. Currently, Microsoft only offers paid security updates for companies, something that it will do until next 2023, but home users who do not want to pay (and it is not something exactly expensive) are exposed to a series of bugs that, since January, have been discovered.
That Windows 7 has vulnerabilities is normal. If it had them (by the thousands) during its life cycle, now that it is not supported, the most normal thing is that hackers look for all kinds of security breaches with which they can endanger users who still use this OS. However, this month a vulnerability was revealed that, by its nature, has drawn the attention of hackers and researchers. A security breach that can make all other security measures on our PC bypassed. A failure that, of course, must be solved as soon as possible.
LPE vulnerability in Windows 7
This LPE (Local Privilege Escalation) security flaw affects all versions of Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2, including those that are within Microsoft’s extended paid support. These last users will surely receive their corresponding patch next month, however, those users who are not registered in the ESU updates will not update their PC, and the failure will remain indefinitely putting their PC in danger.
LPE vulnerabilities allow us to achieve the highest level of privileges on the computer , leaving all other security measures unable to block activity. This vulnerability cannot be exploited remotely; instead, to gain control of the system, it must be run locally. However, it is possible to make potentially dangerous malware or software take advantage of these flaws.
The security flaw is caused by two misconfigured Windows registry keys. Through them, any software can escalate privileges to reach the SYSTEM level , the highest, through Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI).
Of course, Microsoft is not releasing an update for everyone that fixes this bug. The responsibility if something happens belongs to the user, for using an unsupported system. But, luckily, you will be able to protect yourself from this problem thanks to 0patch.
0Patch allows us to correct vulnerabilities without updating
0Patch is software designed to apply hot patches, directly to RAM, to fix vulnerabilities in Windows and other programs. The most interesting software that will allow us to have our computer and its data safe. Even when we use unsupported or very old software.
The developers of this tool have created a patch precisely to solve the zero-day LPE bug in Windows. Thanks to it, any user will be able to solve this vulnerability in Windows 7, completely free of charge, without having to pay for ESU extended support.
If we are Windows 7 users and we want to be protected, we recommend downloading and installing 0Patch as soon as possible. Not only will we be able to solve this vulnerability, but, thanks to this tool, we will be able to protect ourselves from all the security flaws that have been published for Windows 7 since its end of support. A tool that should not be missed by any user who is really concerned about their security.