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Exploit Based On Leaked Windows Code Released

Posted by simoniker on from the nda-never-signed dept.

mischief writes "A post to Bugtraq from SecurityTracker.com reports an Internet Explorer 5 exploit that has been released based on the Win2K code leak: 'It is reported that a remote user can create a specially crafted bitmap file that, when loaded by IE, will trigger an integer overflow and execute arbitrary code.' Only affects IE 5 apparently, but still - it didn't take long!"

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  1. Re:I'll be first to say it by micromoog · · Score: 1, Flamebait
    I'm sure if a bunch of Windows zealots were working around the clock to create Linux exploits you'd see Linux exploits pop up with the same amount of frequency.

    If this is true, why hasn't Microsoft put a bunch of people on this very task, to discredit Linux?

  2. So lemme get this straight by melted · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    They've found a bug in a version of IE that's TWO FUCKING YEARS OLD. Subsequent versions are not affected. Is this all this "many eyes" approach capable of?