Jan 17, 2006

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The Windows Metafile vulnerability: A backdoor?

More on the Windows Metafile vulnerability we cited earlier. Heard from thisweekintech Security Now Podcast:

Microsoft has patched the WMF vulnerability in Windows 2000 and XP, but in his research for a fix for Windows 95/98/Me Steve [Gibson] has come up with a blockbuster. It is his considered opinion that the WMF vulnerability could not have been a mistake. It was an intentional backdoor inserted into Windows by Microsoft …

Is Microsoft going the Sony-BMG way?

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One Comment

  1. Punzi says:
    January 18, 2006 at 10:44 am

    Disturbing…

    reply

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