[32077] in bugtraq
Microsoft got it wrong
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Richard M. Smith)
Wed Oct 15 17:34:28 2003
From: "Richard M. Smith" <rms@computerbytesman.com>
To: "'Giovanni Campagnoli'" <bioia@yahoo.com>, <bugtraq@securityfocus.com>
Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2003 16:51:29 -0400
Message-ID: <009901c3935e$1bf7f630$550ffea9@rms>
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain;
charset="us-ascii"
In-Reply-To: <20031015191009.44506.qmail@web13601.mail.yahoo.com>
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
Only last month in USA Today, Microsoft was claiming that Windows Messenger
didn't represent a security hazard:
Pop-ups assail through Windows
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2003-09-24-popups_x.htm
Microsoft views pop-up boxes as a benign nuisance
that does "not pose a security risk," says Greg Sullivan,
product manager for Windows.
Looks like Microsoft crystal ball is pretty fuzzy. Windows Messsenger is
just the sort of seldom-used feature that should be turned off by default in
Windows XP.
Richard M. Smith
http://www.ComputerBytesMan.com
-----Original Message-----
From: Giovanni Campagnoli [mailto:bioia@yahoo.com]
Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2003 3:10 PM
To: bugtraq@securityfocus.com
Subject: Microsoft Windows Security Bulletin Summary October
Microsoft Security Bulletin MS03-043 - Buffer Overrun
in Messenger Service Could Allow Code Execution
(828035)
