Tuesday, August 01, 2006

Did Microsoft Patch Miss the Mark?

An anonymous security researcher has posted a proof-of-concept exploit for a flaw patched in Microsoft's "critical" MS06-035 bulletin, but the company's security response team says the issue is actually a brand-new, unpatched vulnerability.

Microsoft shipped a Mailslot fix in the MS06-035 update released on July 11, but although the published code targets a similar flaw, Microsoft insists the exploit does not affect the same code path or functionality or vulnerability that was addressed by the update.

Read the story HERE.

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