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[Office-commits] r9671 - trunk/campaigns/windows7sins/articles


From: sysadmin
Subject: [Office-commits] r9671 - trunk/campaigns/windows7sins/articles
Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2009 17:44:46 -0400

Author: www-data
Date: Wed Sep 23 17:44:46 2009
New Revision: 9671

Log:
web commit by mattl

Modified:
   trunk/campaigns/windows7sins/articles/security.mdwn

Modified: trunk/campaigns/windows7sins/articles/security.mdwn
==============================================================================
--- trunk/campaigns/windows7sins/articles/security.mdwn Wed Sep 23 17:31:48 
2009        (r9670)
+++ trunk/campaigns/windows7sins/articles/security.mdwn Wed Sep 23 17:44:46 
2009        (r9671)
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 but Microsoft has its own security interests at heart, not those of
 its users.
 
-In 2005, a vulnerability was discovered that affects all versions of
+In 2005, <a 
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Metafile_vulnerability";>a 
vulnerability</a> was discovered that affects all versions of
 Windows from Windows 3.0, released in 1990 until Windows Server 2003
 R2 from December 2005, with XP and later versions most severely
 affected. The problem, which affects the Windows Metafile image
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@
 arbitrary user-defined function code to be run when displaying the
 image fails. 
 
+Security researcher, Steve Gibson, <a 
href="http://www.grc.com/sn/SN-022.htm";>believes the flaw may be 
intentional</a>, too.
+
 The situations where such files are viewed is wide:
 
 * Viewing a website in Internet Explorer.




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