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RealPlayer Zero-Day Flaw Under Attack

Posted by Zonk on from the my-kingdom-for-a-patch dept.

openOption writes "ZDNet is reporting that hackers are actively exploiting a zero-day hole in RealNetworks' RealPlayer media player, a software program installed on tens of millions of Windows computers worldwide. The in-the-wild attacks targets a previously unknown and unpatched ActiveX vulnerability in the way RealPlayer interacts with Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser. The flaw is causing drive-by malware downloads when an IE user simply browsers to a maliciously rigged Web page."

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  1. In other news by jagdish · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Real networks finally figured who their 3 users are.