Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 2nd Apr 2007 21:05 UTC, submitted by Dale Smoker
Microsoft has decided to rush out a fix for a flaw in Windows, saying that the problem has become too serious to ignore. The flaw, which will be patched on Tuesday, was originally disclosed to Microsoft in December, but it was not publicly reported until last week. The bug lies in the way Windows processes .ani Animated Cursor files, which are used to create cartoon-like cursors in Windows.
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2007-03-26
I know any OS, with as wide target base and as many lines of code as Windows does, is vulnerable to attack. However this has to be, by far, the funniest securiety threat i've heard to date!
(At least Microsoft are going out of their way to correct this problem though.)
Edited 2007-04-02 22:04