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Researchers Detail Windows Event Log Vulnerabilities: LogCrusher and OverLog

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details about a pair of vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows, one of which could be exploited to result in a denial-of-service (DoS). The exploits, dubbed LogCrusher and OverLog by Varonis, take aim at the EventLog Remoting Protocol (MS-EVEN), which enables remote access to event logs. While the former allows "any domain user to remotely