2006-01-16

WMF: a backdoor intentionally placed by Microsoft

Update. Apparently Steve Gibson was a bit rash in his conclusions, so this is not true after all!

Compelling article on why the recent WMF exploit was very likely intentionally placed by Microsoft.

Slashdot says:

In a more detailed explanation, Gibson explains that the way SetAbortProc works in metafiles does not bear even the slightest resemblance to the way it works when used by a program while printing. Based on the information presented, it really does look like an intentional backdoor.

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