Thread: OT: Don't Buy XP Home
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Old January 4th, 2006, 06:12 AM
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Default Re: OT: Don\'t Buy XP Home
I didn't "discover" it, I just pasted it from a RSS feed I read.

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A newly-reported flaw in the way Windows handles images was successfully exploited over the New Year's weekend, and no official patch is yet available from Microsoft. The problem stems from the way that Windows deals with .WMF (Windows Metafile) images; a maliciously crafted image can execute code on any Windows system, including XP SP2. All that's required to trip the payload is viewing a .WMF image locally or on the web.
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20060102-5876.html
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