Unpatched

These mechanisms include both known and patched vulnerabilities, and four "zero-day exploits": vulnerabilities that were unknown and unpatched when the worm was released. ❋ Bruce Schneier (2010)

The virus searches for any unpatched security holes, and when it finds one exploits the vulnerability to embed a wormhole, called a Trojan downloader. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Also, there has to be a "privilege escalation" flaw in the operating system that was available and unpatched. ❋ Michael Coorey (2011)

Win 2k, SP4 but otherwise unpatched, no AV software. ❋ Dungeekin (2009)

Malware predominantly spreads by exploiting unpatched Web browsers which people use to visit legitimate, yet infected websites, says Jeremiah Grossman, CTO of WhiteHat Security. ❋ Unknown (2010)

If it does, it infects it using yet another unknown and unpatched vulnerability, this one in the controller software. ❋ Bruce Schneier (2010)

Less than 24 hours after Microsoft acknowledged the existence of an unpatched, critical flaw in all versions of its Internet Explorer Web browser, computer code that can be used to exploit the flaw has been posted online. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The very next day, last Friday, Metasploit researcher HD Moore revealed how the new, unpatched IE security flaw could be exploited on IE7 and IE8, the latest versions of Microsoft's popular Web browser. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The second: unpatched flaws on legitimate Web pages that enable hackers to turn such pages into infectious Web links. ❋ Unknown (2009)

What form of dementia leads a company just to leave such an important machine unprotected and unpatched? ❋ Dungeekin (2009)

This comes as a researcher named Laurent Gaffie points to fresh, unpatched flaws in Windows Vista and Windows 7. ❋ Unknown (2009)

It's not hard to find unpatched models though, I do believe you only needed to update if you used XBox Live, and hardly anyone did that back in those days. ❋ Unknown (2009)

But Microsoft's Budd now says hackers can also remotely exploit the flaw, which means they could create a worm that searches out and takes control of any unpatched PCs connected to the Internet, much as the Conficker worm did. ❋ Unknown (2009)

I'm not sure about unpatched vulnerabilities in Lynx .... ❋ Unknown (2010)

It is sooo much better to run unpatched vulnerabilities until "Patch Tuesday" and then have to reboot my entire PC with a reminder every 5 minutes that triggers a reboot on its own. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The first: unpatched flaws in popular programs, especially Adobe's Acrobat Reader and Flash Player, Apple QuickTime and Microsoft Office. ❋ Unknown (2009)