WINDOWS MEDIA PLAYER FLAW DENIED
Posted December 31, 2008
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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
Fully patched Windows XP systems running either Windows Media Player 9 and 11 are each potentially vulnerable, according to tests by SecurityTracker. Other configurations may also be affected.
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