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WMF Vulnerability is an Intentional Backdoor?

Posted by Zonk on 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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  1. NSA by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Well, how else is the NSA going to fight terrorism?

  2. Re:Another? by dr_dank · · Score: 4, Funny

    How about a link to information on the "other" intentional back doors that exist?

    *looks at clipboard*

    Ok Goatse linkers, thats your cue.

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  3. Re:Another? by lgw · · Score: 5, Funny

    You mean the urban legend about an NSA backdoor? There was *never* any evidence of a backdoor, only a registry key named "NSAKEY" and a bunch of paranoid fantasy. Because, you know, if the NSA did have a secret backdoor, they'd make sure is was called NSAKEY, in case they forgot where it was, or something.

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  4. Re:I would not be suprised at all. by QuietLagoon · · Score: 5, Funny
    The only sites that all windows machines access on a regular basis are Microsoft's.

    I presume you are willing to show the details of your extensive research that determined this factoid....