Google reveals Windows 8.1 security exploit after 90 day period elapses

Google has published details of a Windows 8.1 security exploit that could see the lowest level users obtaining total administrative control of a computer running the operating system, Slash Gear reports.

The bug was exposed as part of Google’s Project Zero project, which tracks bugs in software and reports the exploits to the owner, so that they can be fixed. 90 days later, the Google automatically publishes the exploit after its effects have been neutered. In this instance, however, Google appears to have published the bug despite Microsoft as yet having not issued a fix for it, SC Magazine explains.

Google reveals Windows 8.1 security exploit after 90 day period elapses