Critical Windows Bug Exploit Code Goes Public

Vikingod · Jan 18, 2007, 01:57 PM

Source: InformationWeek
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Code that exploits a critical Windows vulnerability disclosed and patched last week has been posted to a public mailing list, raising the risk of an attack, security vendors said Wednesday.

The exploit code, which appeared on the Bugtraq list Tuesday, targets a flaw in Windows' Vector Markup Language rendering that was patched Jan. 9 in Microsoft's monthly security update. VML, an extension of XML that defines Web images in vector graphics format, had been patched before this month; in September 2006, for example, Microsoft issued a fix outside its normally scheduled cycle.

Jan 18, 2007, 01:57 PM	#1
Vikingod Int'l Fish Liaison Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: By the light of lamp I sit and type... Posts: 16,197 Rep Power: 112 System Specs	Critical Windows Bug Exploit Code Goes Public Source: InformationWeek __________ Code that exploits a critical Windows vulnerability disclosed and patched last week has been posted to a public mailing list, raising the risk of an attack, security vendors said Wednesday. The exploit code, which appeared on the Bugtraq list Tuesday, targets a flaw in Windows' Vector Markup Language rendering that was patched Jan. 9 in Microsoft's monthly security update. VML, an extension of XML that defines Web images in vector graphics format, had been patched before this month; in September 2006, for example, Microsoft issued a fix outside its normally scheduled cycle.