Microsoft Fixes Bug in Windows that Allowed Restoration of Edited Screenshots

American corporation Microsoft released A new patch that fixes the Acropalypse vulnerability in Windows 10 and 11, thanks to which attackers could restore the full picture from cropped and edited screenshots. Once the original file was restored, sensitive user data could be accessed.

A gap occurred when saving the edited file in the system using scissors – Windows 10 and 11 saved the original information in the file, which made it possible to restore the original appearance of the screenshot. Saving such information occurred when the user took a screenshot, saved it, then edited it and saved it over the original version. Also, this situation could occur when opening a saved file, editing and saving it to the same folder. The vulnerability did not apply to files that were edited before the first save.

Evgeny Fedunenko