Hackers pounce on just-patched Windows Media vulnerability

[MrBrian]

From http://www.zdnet.com/blog/security/h...rability/10213:

According to a warning from Trend Micro, the in-the-wild attacks are being launched via web sites rigged with booby-trapped Windows media files.

[Mrkvonic]

Security warning from a security company, oh-oh.
Booby-trapped? What kind? M18A1 Claymore? Bouncing Betty? IED?
Mrk

[siljaline]

Cited here

Security researchers have seen attackers going after the newly patched CVE-2012-0003 vulnerability in the Windows Media Player. The flaw, which was patched earlier this month by Microsoft, is a critical one that can enable remote code execution, and it affects a wide range of Windows systems.

When the patch was released, Microsoft officials recommended that customers install it immediately as there was a decent chance of attackers leveraging it in the near future. And that's just what's happened.

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