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| Apple Fixes Year-Old QuickTime Flaw Apple today updated the Windows version of QuickTime to quash a 13-month-old bug that critics say it overlooked earlier this year. Gregg Keizer, Computerworld Thursday, October 04, 2007 4:00 PM PDT Quote:
The update fixes a flaw in QuickTime for Windows XP and Vista first reported in September 2006 by U.K. researcher Petko Petkov. Last month, Petkov posted proof-of-concept code for the vulnerability after claiming Apple had not acknowledged his messages. Several samples posted to the Web leveraged both the QuickTime bug and one in the open-source Firefox browser to create a drive-by attack capable of invisibly hijacking a PC. -more- <|> Source: http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,13...1/article.html
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