09/11/2002
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that facilitates malicious deletion of entire file directories.
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. . .
What is going on?
Ever since its release, Windows XP has contained a critical
flaw that could be trivially exploited at any time by
any malicious hacker. By causing any Windows XP system
to process a specially-formed URL (web-style link), the
XP system would obediently delete all or most of the files
within any specified directory. (That's not good.)
This flaw is considered critical
because these malicious URLs could be delivered to any
XP user through any means: via an eMail solicitation,
a chat room, a newsgroup posting, a malicious web page,
or even processed automatically without the user clicking
anything by merely visiting a malicious web page. (That's
bad.)
Curiously, Microsoft was informed of this easily-demonstrated,
quite significant, and trivial-to-fix, Windows XP defect
back in June of 2002, but chose not to proactively address
the significant vulnerability created for their users
until the September 9th, 2002, release of Windows XP's
first service pack.
Since Windows XP Service Pack 1 repairs many more security,
stability, and compatibility problems than just this
critical exploit, Service Pack 1 should be applied as
soon as possible and convenient.
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Story courtesy of Steve Gibson/GRC.com
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