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        "text": "To determine the support lifecycle for your software, see the Microsoft Support Lifecycle: https://support.microsoft.com/lifecycle",
        "title": "Additional Resources"
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        "category": "legal_disclaimer",
        "text": "The information provided in the Microsoft Knowledge Base is provided \\\"as is\\\" without warranty of any kind. Microsoft disclaims all warranties, either express or implied, including the warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. In no event shall Microsoft Corporation or its suppliers be liable for any damages whatsoever including direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, loss of business profits or special damages, even if Microsoft Corporation or its suppliers have been advised of the possibility of such damages. Some states do not allow the exclusion or limitation of liability for consequential or incidental damages so the foregoing limitation may not apply.",
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          "title": "What privileges could be gained by an attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability?"
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          "title": "According to the CVSS metric, the attack complexity is high (AC:H). What does that mean for this vulnerability?"
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          "text": "Security update for Microsoft AutoUpdate 4.78 is not immediately available.  The update will be released as soon as possible, and when it is available, customers will be notified via a revision to this CVE information.",
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