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- adjective computing For which a
patch is not yet available. - adjective computing Not
patched ; to which apatch has not beenapplied .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Malware predominantly spreads by exploiting unpatched Web browsers which people use to visit legitimate, yet infected websites, says Jeremiah Grossman, CTO of WhiteHat Security.
How botnets, hacking kits and weak apps aid cybercrooks 2010
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But Microsoft's Budd now says hackers can also remotely exploit the flaw, which means they could create a worm that searches out and takes control of any unpatched PCs connected to the Internet, much as the Conficker worm did.
Microsoft flaw could open PCs to Conficker-style attack 2009
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Also, there has to be a "privilege escalation" flaw in the operating system that was available and unpatched.
Have You Been Hacked This Week? Michael Coorey 2011
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This comes as a researcher named Laurent Gaffie points to fresh, unpatched flaws in Windows Vista and Windows 7.
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The second: unpatched flaws on legitimate Web pages that enable hackers to turn such pages into infectious Web links.
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It's not hard to find unpatched models though, I do believe you only needed to update if you used XBox Live, and hardly anyone did that back in those days.
XBMC 9.04 “Babylon” Updates For All Supported Platforms | Lifehacker Australia 2009
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Less than 24 hours after Microsoft acknowledged the existence of an unpatched, critical flaw in all versions of its Internet Explorer Web browser, computer code that can be used to exploit the flaw has been posted online.
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I'm not sure about unpatched vulnerabilities in Lynx ....
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It is sooo much better to run unpatched vulnerabilities until "Patch Tuesday" and then have to reboot my entire PC with a reminder every 5 minutes that triggers a reboot on its own.
Mozilla Confirms Release For Firefox 3.5 | Lifehacker Australia 2009
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The first: unpatched flaws in popular programs, especially Adobe's Acrobat Reader and Flash Player, Apple QuickTime and Microsoft Office.
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