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WMF Vulnerability is an Intentional Backdoor?

Posted by Zonk on Friday January 13, 2006 @05:36AM from the take-with-a-grain-of-salt dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Steve Gibson alleges that the WMF vulnerability in Windows was neither a bug, nor a feature designed without security in mind, but was actually an intentionally placed backdoor. In a more detailed explanation, Gibson explains that the way SetAbortProc works in metafiles does not bear even the slightest resemblance to the way it works when used by a program while printing. Based on the information presented, it really does look like an intentional backdoor." There's a transcript available of the 'Security Now!' podcast where Gibson discusses this.

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And this door leads to... by VernonNemitz · 2006-01-13 05:42 · Score: 1, Flamebait

How about a class-action suit against Microsoft,
on the grounds that they touted the security of their product,
while deliberately including non-security?
Who cares what Steve Gibson thinks? by chroot_james · 2006-01-13 05:45 · Score: 0, Flamebait

He's the L Ron Hubbard of the computer industry.

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People who use .WMF deserve to be hax0r3d by TheRain · 2006-01-13 07:00 · Score: 0, Flamebait

the subject says it all.

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Re:But wait, there's more... by JnCoBoB · 2006-01-13 09:07 · Score: 0, Flamebait

Way to take it out of context retard