Monday, March 26, 2007

Vista’s Windows Mail vulnerable to file-execution attack

Vista’s Windows Mail vulnerable to file-execution attack by ZDNet's Ryan Naraine -- A design error in Microsoft's Windows Mail, the e-mail application bundled into Windows Vista, could expose users to remote file-execution attacks, according to a warning from security researchers. A hacker known as "Kingcope" published proof-of-concept code to show that remote code execution is possible if a user is tricked into clicking a malicious link. The error is [...]

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