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USB coding anarchy: Consider all sticks licked

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No, would not work

Rule number one of successful exploitation of vulnerabilities - immediately patch the hole you used to get through so that the next attacker cannot get through.

So the fact that the USB does not seem vulnerable means nothing - it may have hacked firmware already which closes the original exploit hole.

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