• The Reg: Windows 10 source code leaked

    Posted on June 23, 2017 at 17:04 CDT by • Comment in the Forums

    Chris Williams at The Register reports that 32TB of Win10 internal builds, including some source code for core processes, is available for download.

    The leaked code is Microsoft’s Shared Source Kit: according to people who have seen its contents, it includes the source to the base Windows 10 hardware drivers plus Redmond’s PnP code, its USB and Wi-Fi stacks, its storage drivers, and ARM-specific OneCore kernel code.

    I searched betaarchive.com and couldn’t come up with a link to the goodies, so I won’t vouch for the veracity of the claim, but it’s certainly provocative. The search continues.

    Leaked Shared Source Kit ain’t the end of the world, but it certainly would make the search for exploitable bugs a whole lot easier.

    UPDATE: the Reg is backpedaling. There’s a reason why I couldn’t find the code on betaarchive – they’ve removed some of it. The Reg article has been updated

    In a statement, Beta Archive said: “The ‘Shared Source Kit’ folder did exist on the FTP until [The Register’s] article came to light. We have removed it from our FTP and listings pending further review just in case we missed something in our initial release. We currently have no plans to restore it until a full review of its contents is carried out and it is deemed acceptable under our rules.”

    Translation: some smoke, no ?

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