The Inside Story Behind MS08-067
https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/johnla/2015/09/26/the-inside-story-behind-ms08-067/ [blogs.technet.microsoft.com]
2017-10-07 03:05
By September 2008 we had built a system that screened millions of crashes for security exploits. Along the way I felt like I joined the world’s smallest profession—that of an exploit failure engineer.
We explained the basic facts. We had a vulnerabilty, that could be exploited remotely, anonymously, that affected all versions of Windows. It was wormable and someone was already exploiting it. When you say the word ‘wormable’ to a crisis manager, it activates some latent response DNA.
The Conficker vulnerability.