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Windows Media Player flaw denied
Published 12/30/2008 at The Register
Security pantomime Researchers reckon a security bug in Windows Media Player creates a means for hackers to inject hostile code onto vulnerable systems. However Microsoft has denied this, saying that the bug only creates a means to crash the software without posing a more damaging security risk.…
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