{"id":569,"date":"2006-01-01T18:01:17","date_gmt":"2006-01-01T18:01:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/archives\/569"},"modified":"2006-01-01T18:01:17","modified_gmt":"2006-01-01T18:01:17","slug":"wmf-exploit-temporary-fix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wmf-exploit-temporary-fix\/","title":{"rendered":"WMF exploit – temporary fix"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n

The anti-virus folk have been working overtime this holiday chasing down the spread of the WMF exploit. Basically there's a vulnerability on Windows that is currently unpatched and affects viewing, accessing or indexing infected images. Full details are over on the F-Secure Blog<\/a>. I recommend you read the first half dozen or so entries.<\/p>\n

What's interesting here is that F-Secure are recommending<\/a> an emergency unofficial patch. I've installed it here in the absence of anything else.<\/p>\n

The patch is available at the IDA Pro Hex Blog<\/a>. It takes a second to install (and can be uninstalled when an official patch is available). This is simpler than the previously published workarounds.

Edit: 5th January 2005. Microsoft have began distributing the official patch via Windows Update. More details on F-Secure<\/a>.<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-569","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t