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Winamp Skin Exploit in the Wild

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the even-skins-are-dangerous-now dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Secunia.com has announced an exploit (derived from xml escaping the Internet zone into IE's local zone) that exploits Winamp's habit of automatically installing skins. Currently all versions of Winamp are affected. Details on the Winamp forums - apparently an exploit is already in the wild, and spreading."

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  1. yet another way... by ryane67 · · Score: 5, Funny

    to compromise a system..

    Luckily the masses of windows users are content to use windows media player which should slow the spread of this.

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    1. Re:yet another way... by black+mariah · · Score: 5, Funny
      What can you do?
      Well, when I'm dictator it will be legal to punch people in the face for doing stupid shit like that. Ought to help out a bit. Imagine a technician comes to your home, you tell them what's wrong and what you did... WHAM! A nice fist in the face. Hell of a deterrent, that.
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  2. Damn you Britney! by ZipR · · Score: 5, Funny

    I knew that your oh-so-sexy winamp skin would be my downfall.

  3. Further evidence that skinning is stupid by pestie · · Score: 5, Funny

    Seems to me I was just bitching about skinning and mentioned that security holes were one possible (but unlikely) down-side. I love when the universe makes my point for me.

  4. Skinning is Worth It by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny
    Having to periodically wipe your system and reinstall from backups is a small price to pay for the ability to have your apps look like real equipment.

    I mean, WinAmp can actually look like different kinds of real CD players! Can you believe that? It can look like all sorts of things; it doesn't have to look like a rectangular window at all. That just rocks! You can even change the way it looks at runtime! You can download whole new looks! Man, that is too cool.

    Kudos to those guys. This is the kind of thing that really makes computing fun.

  5. Re:Am I the only one... by telstar · · Score: 5, Funny

    I dunno, but I like posts whose entire message changes if you neglect to read the subject.

  6. Is calculator safe? by rs79 · · Score: 5, Funny

    In related news, our editors today learned of the calc_virus; remote explotation of Windows Calculator utility is possible and attackers can gain access to your machine via this program. The announcment that MS recommends you use an abacus was heralded as a remarkable advance in system security

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