A 17-year-old Windows bug was disclosed by a Google Engineer. It is located in the Windows Virtual DOS Machine (VDM) which is introduced in Windows NT. That was Microsoft’s first fully 32-bit operating system.

64-bit versions of Windows are not affected. An advisory was released by the company on how to disable the VDM as a way to protect users from hackers who may try to hijack their PCs.

According to the advisory, “An attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights.”

Source: COMPUTERWORLD