Security Now with Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte

Jan 19th 2006

Security Now 23

Mousetrap

Steve Gibson with the final word on the Windows Metafile (WMF) vulnerability, and a new program he's written to detect it in all versions of Windows.

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Category: Help & How To

It's now pretty clear that the ability to execute code in WMF graphics files was intentional - but we may never know why it's there. Steve wraps up the subject, lays a few myths to rest, explains why Windows 95/98/Me are not vulnerable, and offers a tool to detect the hole in all versions of Windows, including the WINE emulator for Linux.