14:53 29.12.2005 | All news from "Hardware"
Attackers Exploit New Zero-Day Windows Bug
Windows based operating systems are coming under attack yet again. This time the exploit takes advantage [again] of Windows Metafile images. WMF exploits have been patched 3 times already in recent years and Microsoft simply states that it is :
"This exploit is doing something a bit different," said Shane Coursen, a senior technical analyst with Moscow-based Kaspersky Labs. "It looks like it affects the same DLL as MS05-053, but it's not overflowing the buffer." According to Microsoft's MS05-053 bulletin, the November vulnerability was in an unchecked buffer.
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"This exploit is doing something a bit different," said Shane Coursen, a senior technical analyst with Moscow-based Kaspersky Labs. "It looks like it affects the same DLL as MS05-053, but it's not overflowing the buffer." According to Microsoft's MS05-053 bulletin, the November vulnerability was in an unchecked buffer.
www.anandtech.com/