Microsoft Appears to Have Lost the Source Code of an Office Component

stapp · Nov 19, 2017

The way Microsoft patched a recent security bug has made several security and software experts believe the company might have lost the source code to one of its Office components.
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Praises to whoever manually patched EQNEDT32.EXE

Manually editing executables to alter a binary's behavior is considered a low-level hack, one that usually causes more problems than it solves. Developers that engage in such tactics usually risk corrupting the entire binary. According to 0patch, the EQNEDT32.EXE patching was a work of art.
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https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/ne...-lost-the-source-code-of-an-office-component/

Minimalist · Nov 19, 2017

If true, they will probably have to rewrite whole binary in future.

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