Microsoft has fixed a security issue in its SMB (Server Message Block) service. The flaw goes back to March 2001, when a hacker named Josh Buchbinder (a.k.a Sir Dystic) published code showing how the attack worked. Microsoft rates the flaw as “important” for Windows XP, 2000 and Server 2003 users, and as “moderate” for Vista and Server 2008. The attack is “pretty easy” to pull off on a corporate network, Shavlik Technologies CEO Eric Schultze says.”]
Source: https://www.csoonline.com/article/2123381/microsoft-security-patch-seven-years-in-the-making.html