Windows Vulnerability in Animated Cursor Handling

MoreDruid writes "Secunia reports a vulnerability in Windows Animated Cursor Handling. According to the linked article, the rating is "extremely critical". Microsoft has put up their own advisory on the subject, confirming this is a vulnerability that affects Windows 2000, XP, 2003 and Vista. The exploit has already been used in the wild. From the Secunia page: The vulnerability is caused due to an unspecified error in the handling of animated cursors and can e.g. be exploited by tricking a user into visiting a malicious website using Internet Explorer or opening a malicious e-mail message. Successful exploitation allows execution of arbitrary code."

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It's all relative

[Headcase88]

What the fuck is WTF? Is it really that hard to type those two extra words?

Windows Vulnerability in Antimater Containment

[jimstapleton]

I read "Windows Vulnerability in Antimatter Containment Field" when I first saw that... I must be too tired. Regardless, that's more interesting than the actual article, so maybe being to tired isn't a bad thing.