The Windows Metafile vulnerability—also called the Metafile Image Code Execution and abbreviated MICE—is a security vulnerability in the way some versions...
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Windows Metafile (WMF) is an image file format originally designed for Microsoft Windows in the 1990s. The original Windows Metafile format was not device-independent...
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Wine (software) (redirect from Windows Emulator)
security vulnerabilities they contain. One instance of this problem was the 2006 Windows Metafile vulnerability, which saw Wine implementing the vulnerable SETABORTPROC...
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He became well known when he issued a free hotfix for the Windows Metafile vulnerability on 31 December 2005. His unofficial patch was favorably reviewed...
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concerns for rewriting old legacy code. Microsoft Windows suffered from "the" Windows Metafile vulnerability and other exploits related to the WMF format....
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JavaScript code. Malvertising Phishing BLADE Mac Flashback Windows Metafile vulnerability Dropper (malware) Sood, Aditya K.; Zeadally, Sherali (1 September...
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had intended. In 2006, Gibson raised the possibility that the Windows Metafile vulnerability bug was actually a backdoor intentionally engineered into the...
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systems, unless it is launched with administrator privileges. Windows Metafile vulnerability BackDoor-CEP, by McAfee, covers server behavior of a Bifrost...
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Security Now (section Windows Metafile controversy)
into the Windows Metafile processing code in Windows 2000 and Windows XP. Gibson claimed that while reverse engineering the Windows Metafile format, he...
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Mark Russinovich (category Microsoft Windows people)
Symantec immediately removed the rootkit. He also analyzed the Windows Metafile vulnerability and concluded that it was not a deliberate backdoor. This possibility...
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Enhanced Metafile (EMF), Windows Metafile (WMF), Apple PICT, Windows device-dependent bitmap, Windows device-independent bitmap and OS/2 Metafile picture...
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Encapsulated PostScript (section Vulnerability)
of the PostScript. Sometimes, although more rarely, they used the Windows Metafile (WMF) format instead. WMF has the potential to provide vector previews...
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outbreaks such as Blaster, Sasser, and Zotob, as well as the Windows Metafile vulnerability. Toulouse suggested in a personal blog entry in 2006 that Apple's...
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OpenOffice.org (category Office suites for Windows)
OS X v10.4-Mac OS X v10.6: v4.0 Windows 95: v1.1.5 Windows NT 4.0 SP6: v1.1.x Windows 98 and Windows ME: v2.4.3 Windows 2000 Service Pack 2 or later: v3...
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PDF (section Malware vulnerability)
interpret PDF data without external help. PDF was selected as the "native" metafile format for macOS (originally called Mac OS X), replacing the PICT format...
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Comparison of vector graphics editors Computer graphics Computer Graphics Metafile Image file format Resolution independence "Media Type Registration for...
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several services and tools offering vulnerability scanning and vulnerability management Cyberduck – macOS and Windows client (since version 4.0) Lsh – Server...
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zero-day Adobe Acrobat and Reader vulnerability that's become the subject of hacker attacks. Adobe acknowledged the vulnerability last week but said an official...
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Comparison of computer-aided design software (category Windows graphics-related software)
WMF, EMF, SWF Varies depending on the license type Windows Alibre Design by Alibre, LLC 2D/3D Windows Version V27 2023 Proprietary Yes en, de, ja, fr, zh-Hant...
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BitTorrent trackers. BitTorrent metafiles themselves do not store file contents. Whether the publishers of BitTorrent metafiles violate copyrights by linking...
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Adobe Flash (category Windows multimedia software)
JPEG, Progressive JPEG, PNG, GIF and (DWG) AutoCAD Drawing file (WMV) Windows Metafile capability. Flash Player 11 introduced a full 3D shader API, called...
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