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Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> __/ [ Mark Kent ] on Saturday 30 September 2006 08:02 \__
>
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>> The Ghost In The Machine <ewill@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>>> http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20060929/tc_pcworld/127336
>>>
>>>|Windows Bugs Still Not Patched
>>>
>>>|It has become a familiar pattern: A hacker posts exploit code to a
>>>|security Web site; Microsoft follows soon after with a warning to
>>>|customers.
>>>
>>>|The pattern was repeated again Thursday, only this
>>>|time Microsoft's warning that it is investigating
>>>|"new public reports" of a critical bug in Windows
>>>|comes more than two months after sample code showing
>>>|how to take advantage of the flaw was posted to
>>>|the Web. Microsoft's advisory can be found [at
>>>|http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/926043.mspx].
>>>
>>>|The flaw that Microsoft warned about is in an ActiveX
>>>|control (called WebViewFolderIcon) used by the Windows'
>>>|graphical user interface software. It was first disclosed
>>>|on July 18 as part of a month-long project by hacker
>>>|HD Moore to expose problems in browser software.
>>>|Moore's blog post on the flaw can be found [at
>>>|http://browserfun.blogspot.com/2006/07/mobb-18-webviewfoldericon-setslice.html].
>>>
>>> ...
>>>
>>>|Microsoft executives could not immediately be reached for comment, but
>>>|the company's security advisory said this latest WebViewFolderIcon bug
>>>|will be patched on Oct. 10.
>>>
>>> [end excerpt]
>>>
>>> The question I have is: who writes this stuff and why?
>>> Is it really news? Is it a puff-piece masquerading as
>>> news? Is it a grudge match between H. D. Moore and
>>> Microsoft? Will we ever know? Will Vista Solve Everything(tm)?
>>>
>>> And possibly most importantly: how much more of this sort
>>> of crap will the public tolerate?
>>
>> It's a long time for unpatched vulnerabilities with exploits in the
>> wild, though, isn't it?
>
> I haven't read this thread yet, but are we talking about Windows here?
It would seem so.
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