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RE: Did MS pull an Ilfak? (MS patch bindiff results)
- To: "Joe Polk" <listuser.jav@xxxxxxxxx>, "Brett Glass" <brett@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Subject: RE: Did MS pull an Ilfak? (MS patch bindiff results)
- From: "Greg Wroblewski" <Greg.Wroblewski@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2006 13:39:28 -0800
The only attack vector we know about for Win9x, ME platforms is through
printing. I'm afraid that "fixing" that would break some functionality.
Greg
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-----Original Message-----
From: Joe Polk [mailto:listuser.jav@xxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2006 6:21 AM
To: Brett Glass
Cc: bugtraq@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Did MS pull an Ilfak? (MS patch bindiff results)
Brett Glass wrote:
>Question: Is Ilfak's patch still needed for Windows 95, 98, SE and ME
>systems, for which Microsoft is refusing to provide a patch? To what
>extent are these systems vulnerable if not patched?
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>--Brett Glass
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Actually, Ilfak never tested his patch on a Win 9x machine. Steve
Gibson, however, plans to write a
patch for 95, 98, and ME if Microsoft doesn't.
JP