Hot Potato Exploit Gives Attackers the Upper Hand in Multiple Windows Versions

All of these security flaws have been left unpatched by Microsoft, with the explanation that by patching them, the company would effectively break compatibility between the different versions of their operating system.

Some proof-of-concept videos were also uploaded on YouTube, and you can see the researchers break Windows versions such as 7, 8, 10, Server 2008 and Server 2012.