Microsoft Windows
Posted in Security on Aug 5th, 2008
Disable Remote Windows Registry Editing.
In the Windows Registry there are a lot of variables that represent settings in your programs. Most of adware for example use the registry for adding malefic executables that run every time your start your computer.
Windows Operating System has a posibility to let remote users edit your registry. So, […]
Posted in Security on Jul 26th, 2007
Everybody loves or hate Microsoft for it’s most used and known software: Windows. But we all have to admit that it’s the most spread operating system and it does a great work for the regular user…
Posted in Security on Jul 19th, 2007
Release Date: 2007-07-16
Last Update: 2007-07-19
Critical: Less Critical
Impact: Spoofing
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Unpatched
Software: Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.x
Michal Zalewski has discovered a vulnerability in Internet Explorer, which can be exploited by a malicious website to spoof the address bar.
The vulnerability is caused due to an error in the handling of the “document.open()” method and can be […]
Posted in Security on Jul 19th, 2007
Release date: 2007-07-19
Critical: Highly Critical
Impact: System access
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Patch
Software: Microsoft DirectX 7.x, Microsoft DirectX 8.x, Microsoft DirectX 9.x, Microsoft DirectX SDK
The vulnerability is caused due to an input validation error when processing RLE compressed Targa images. This can be exploited to cause a heap-based buffer overflow via a specially crafted Targa […]