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2 posted on 02/09/2006 9:50:55 AM PST by ShadowAce (Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
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From the article, it says that it allows "an outsider could use to run code on a vulnerable PC". Does that mean it execute with user privs? It doesn't sound like you get priviledge elevation, or I would expect them to say that.

I'm also confused as to whether this is a remote-site issue like we had this January with the Microsoft WMF defect? By that, I mean, can you execute arbitrary code via a link from FR? I'm sure you could post a link to an external site and sucker people into clicking it by saying it was a poll or something though, so I guess the distinction really doesn't matter much.

26 posted on 02/09/2006 10:32:53 AM PST by zeugma (Muslims are varelse...)
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