FYI New extremly critical Windows vulnerability !

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Puppy · #1 Post by **Puppy** » Mon Apr 02, 2007 11:54 am

Microsoft Windows Animated Cursor Handling Buffer Overflow
http://secunia.com/advisories/24659/

NOTE: The vulnerability is currently being actively exploited.

NOTE: Microsoft is planning to release an out-of-schedule patch on Tuesday, 2007-04-03.

Purcy · #2 Post by **Purcy** » Mon Apr 02, 2007 12:56 pm

"Successful exploitation allows execution of arbitrary code when a user e.g. visits a malicious website using Internet Explorer or opens a malicious e-mail message."

Wow, another reason I like Firefox. Thank you for the info.

Puppy · #3 Post by **Puppy** » Mon Apr 02, 2007 1:10 pm

Purcy wrote:Wow, another reason I like Firefox. Thank you for the info.

It does not help. Like usually, the best is to not work under administrator account.

Puppy · #4 Post by **Puppy** » Tue Apr 03, 2007 2:20 pm

The patch is out

Temetka · #5 Post by **Temetka** » Tue Apr 03, 2007 6:18 pm

Wow. Now the cursors are being exploited. Will the madness never end?

leoblob · #6 Post by **leoblob** » Tue Apr 03, 2007 8:08 pm

I truly appreciate info like this being posted here. Thanks for help us keep our computers safer.

Puppy · #7 Post by **Puppy** » Wed Apr 04, 2007 4:46 am

Also see http://support.microsoft.com/kb/935448 in case of error with Realtek HD Audio Control Panel (does any ThinkPad use it ?)

Puppy · #8 Post by **Puppy** » Wed Apr 04, 2007 4:48 am

Temetka wrote:Wow. Now the cursors are being exploited. Will the madness never end?

It is a bug in processing data files downloaded from Internet. Next time it might be cursor file, icon file, mp3 file, flash file ... whatever

#9 Post by **RealBlackStuff** » Wed Apr 04, 2007 10:36 am

When does someone port Mac's OS-X to the Intel platform?

Purcy · #10 Post by **Purcy** » Wed Apr 04, 2007 11:12 am

My home laptop and our work computers all had automatic downloads to install this morning, it said for Windows Security Vulnerability, hoping it was this patch.

thibouille27 · #11 Post by **thibouille27** » Wed Apr 04, 2007 1:20 pm

realblackstuff wrote:When does someone port Mac's OS-X to the Intel platform?

OSX already work on an Intel platform. On my X60 for instance.

FYI New extremly critical Windows vulnerability !

FYI New extremly critical Windows vulnerability !

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