Microsoft warns of poisoned picture peril | |
From: | Joe Klemmer |
Date: | Wed, 15 Sep 2004 11:31:33 -0400 |
Microsoft warns of poisoned picture peril By Kevin Poulsen, SecurityFocus Sep 14 2004 5:54PM The old bromide that promises you can't get a computer virus by looking at an image file crumbled a bit further Tuesday when Microsoft announced a critical vulnerability in its software's handling of the ubiquitous JPEG graphics format. http://www.securityfocus.com/news/9508 -- Joe KlemmerUnix System/Network Administrator & Ad Hoc Programmer