There is news this morning of a new twist in the WMF vulnerability (it was only a matter of time.) There are reports of an instant messenger worm using the vulnerability to spread. Currently incidents.org is reporting that the worm is spreading through the MSN messenger IM network and contains a malformed WMF file called “xmas-2006 FUNNY.jpg” The original source of the warning is Kaspersky Labs viruslist.com
Tag: Trojan Downloader
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MS IE Javascript exploit for zero-day (0-day) vulnerability
An exploit for last weeks zero-day (0-day) javascript vulnerability in Microsoft’s Internet Explorer is in the wild. I saw this post from Sunbelt a couple nights ago go up and disappear, at the time I didn’t have long enough to read it… It’s back today and there are instructions for mitigating the risk. However, there is still no patch from Microsoft and no word on when to expect one. According to the Sunbelt post the exploit in the wild is being used for browser hijacking/spyware install stuff.