hankwang writes "Security researcher Petko Petkov, who is known for his recent discovery of a vulnerability with Quicktime in Firefox, claims to have discovered an exploit that allows arbitrary code execution when a maliciously crafted PDF document is... ...full story at slashdot
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| 24 Jul 08 |
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Attack Code Published For DNS Vulnerability » slashdot get_Rootin writes "That didn't take long. ZDNet is reporting that HD Moore has released exploit code for Dan Kaminsky's DNS cache poisioning vulnerability into the point-and-click Metasploit attack tool. From the article: 'This exploit caches a single... |
| 16 May 08 |
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IE 7.0/8.0b Code Execution 0-Day Released » slashdot SecureThroughObscure writes "Security blogger and researcher Nate McFeters blogged about a 0-day exploit affecting IE7 and IE8 beta on XP that was released by noted security researcher Aviv Raff. The flaw is a 'cross-zone scripting' flaw that takes... |
| 29 Nov 07 |
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Latests QuickTime Exploit targets both Macs and PCs » the register (uk) Equal opportunity pwner A US-based security researcher has published a single piece of code that can remotely compromise both PCs and Macs as long as they are running Apple's QuickTime media player.… |
| 26 Nov 07 |
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QuickTime streaming media exploit targets unpatched bug » the register (uk) Don't RSVP to dodgy RTSP invites Hackers have created a proof-of-concept exploit for an Apple QuickTime player streaming media vulnerability.… |
| 21 Dec 07 |
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Exploit Found to Brick Most HP and Compaq Laptops » slashdot Ian Lamont writes "A security researcher calling himself porkythepig has published attack code that can supposedly brick most HP and Compaq laptops. The exploit uses an ActiveX control in HP's Software Update. It would 'let an attacker corrupt Windows'... |
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