unpatched
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- adjective
- /ʌnˈpæʧt/
- Specialized
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- He focuses on unpatched, publicly highlighted vulnerabilities, but he forgets to ask and answer a crucial question: How do browser makers rate in terms of unpatched vulnerabilities that are actively being exploited?
- unpatched computer
- unpatched vulnerability
- remain unpatched
Examples
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Unlike Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox users, IE users were exposed to active attacks against unpatched, critical vulnerabilities for months at a time over the past year and a half.
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As Ferguson mentioned, all browser makers had examples over the past 19 months of working or proof-of-concept exploit code available for unpatched flaws in their products.
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We have seen this unpatched exploit being used in limited targeted attacks.
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On Windows 2000, a remote anonymous attacker could use this vulnerability to run code as the local system on unpatched machines.
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"Conventional malware is rampant in hospitals because of medical devices using unpatched operating systems.
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However, both my own investigation and the public record show that of the three browsers, Internet Explorer was the only one that had critical, unpatched vulnerabilities that were demonstrably exploited by attackers before patches were made available.
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If Chrome has 45 unpatched bugs in the wild of minor severity and IE only has one known bug, yet that bug allows complete system compromise, is it fair to say IE is more secure because of the 45-1 ratio?
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He focuses on unpatched, publicly highlighted vulnerabilities, but he forgets to ask and answer a crucial question: How do browser makers rate in terms of unpatched vulnerabilities that are actively being exploited?
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Many businesses are still using unpatched software, making them vulnerable to cyber attacks.
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The old computers in the lab remained unpatched, leaving them open to various security threats.
How Patched
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Unpatched breaks into un- 'not' and patch 'a small fix', like a cloth patch or a software fix. So unpatched software or systems are 'not updated' with the latest fixes and can be at risk of problems.