Security Now!: The Windows MetaFile Backdoor? | Linux Today

Security Now!: The Windows MetaFile Backdoor?

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jan 16, 2006

[ Thanks to Chris and Zeek Greko for this link.
]

“Leo and I carefully examine the operation of the recently
patched Windows MetaFile vulnerability. I describe exactly how it
works in an effort to explain why it doesn’t have the feeling of
another Microsoft ‘coding error.’ It has the feeling of something
that Microsoft deliberately designed into Windows. Given the nature
of what it is, this would make it a remote code execution
‘backdoor.’ We will likely never know if this was the case, but the
forensic evidence appears to be quite compelling…”

Complete
Story

[Editor’s Note: Commentary on open source can be found near
the end of the transcript/podcast. -BKP]

Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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