Expert: Microsoft TNEF flaw could lead to superworm
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A super worm, well that sounds postive! Actually, based on what I have been hearing as well, this would not surprise me all that much.
IT administrators won’t have much chance to breathe after deploying the patch Microsoft rushed out last week for the Windows Meta File (WMF) glitch. Microsoft unloaded two more critical fixes Tuesday for security holes in Windows, Outlook and Exchange Server.
One security expert worries that the hole affecting Outlook and Exchange Server could be exploited to cause major damage. The flaw is in how those programs decode Transport Neutral Encapsulation Format (TNEF) MIME attachments. [Read the rest]
