More WMF problems for Windows
I can’t really say I’m surprised, after the big WMF vulnerability of the last couple weeks, I suspected we’d see closer scrutiny of other WMF “vectors”…. but….. The SecurityFix is one of the outlets, that have been reporting on another WMF vulnerability. According to the analysis so far, it can “only” cause a Denial of Service (DoS), not remote code execution. Hopefully, that’s as far as this vulnerability will allow external attackers to mess with a system. *(Basically the DoS could freeze/crash “cause to exit unexpectedly” the program used to view WMF’s)
Apparently, Microsoft is aware of the problem and tags it as a “performance issue”. Apparently the issues are being evaluated for repair in upcoming service packs. It doesn’t sound like a high priority though given no remote code execution vector at this point.