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Microsoft Visual Studio C++ Runtime installers were built to fail

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Redmond created executable installers with vulnerable tools Security researcher Stefan Kanthak claims that the Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio 2017 executable installers (x86 and x64) were built with insecure tools from several years ago, creating a vulnerability that could allow privilege escalation.…

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