Symantec: Exploit Out For Outlook Express Vulnerability | |
From: | Joe Klemmer |
Date: | Mon, 27 Jun 2005 08:05:54 -0400 |
Symantec: Exploit Out For Outlook Express Vulnerability Fri Jun 24, 7:22 PM ET Symantec on Friday warned that a working exploit has appeared for one of the vulnerabilities Microsoft revealed last week, making it even more imperative that the patch be deployed. The vulnerability, dubbed MS05-030 by Microsoft on June 14, relates specifically to Outlook Express, the bare-bones e-mail client packaged with Windows. According to Microsoft, Outlook Express has a bug in its NNTP parsing function that hackers can exploit by creating a news server loaded with malicious code. http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=74&e=3&u=/cmp/20050625/tc_cmp/164902767