I mean.... aren't type fonts used for Windows root-type access?

Ok... just kidding :)

That is one seriously messed up security bug.

I can't imagine what one has to do with code surrounding how to handle a type font in order to provide remote root access to the operating system itself. To be clear: I don't speak of what one would have to do from the perspective of the hackers abusing the situation but from the perspective of the Microsoft OS Developers whose shoddy coding allowed for this.

But it is Microsoft, so in that sense I'm not surprised that even a type font can provide a security breach.

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• I don't know why your shocked - Authored by: JamesK on Friday, December 21 2012 @ 04:02 PM EST

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• That is how they handle kernel/driver messages... - Authored by: jesse on Saturday, December 22 2012 @ 10:23 PM EST
  • Isn't that a micro (dumb) kernel system? - Authored by: albert on Sunday, December 23 2012 @ 11:18 AM EST
    • Have they removed memory mgmt from user space? - Authored by: Anonymous on Sunday, December 23 2012 @ 11:58 AM EST
      • Have they removed memory mgmt from user space? - Authored by: albert on Sunday, December 23 2012 @ 05:42 PM EST
    • It isn't a microkernel any more. - Authored by: jesse on Sunday, December 23 2012 @ 12:59 PM EST