Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 5th Jan 2006 21:24 UTC
Microsoft has officially released the patch that fixes the WMF flaw. The patch can be download individually here, but it is advised to simply use Windows Update. Yesterday, Microsoft said it would not release it until next Tuesday, but two (1 | 2) third party fixes were already available. And to make matters worse, Microsoft accidentally leaked their own patch to the Net yesterday.
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2005-12-04
I don't know exactly how long the vuln has been "known", but lets say one week.
i've known about it since i was in high school, but it wasn't quite as serious back then because the windows picture and fax viewer didn't exist and everyone was still using netscape 4... of course no one expected anything bad to happen from opening an ms word document (which can contain embedded wmf images), so i was still able to play a few hilarious practical jokes on a couple of my friends...