https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/04/04/microsoft_windows_defender_rar_bug/
A remote-code execution vulnerability in Windows Defender – a flaw that can be exploited by malicious .rar files to run malware on PCs – has been traced back to an open-source archiving tool Microsoft adopted for its own use.
[...] Apparently, Microsoft forked that version of unrar and incorporated the component into its operating system's antivirus engine. That forked code was then modified so that all signed integer variables were converted to unsigned variables, causing knock-on problems with mathematical comparisons. This in turn left the software vulnerable to memory corruption errors, which can crash the antivirus package or allow malicious code to potentially execute.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by Bot on Monday April 09 2018, @10:38PM
Why did they elect a friend of Israel enemy of Syria allied of themselves? Must be one of those russian loooong games. Let me sift through some historical surveillance logs...
- Sir, we are ready
- OK then, let's pick the next president
- Here, behold the candidates
- ....Wew ladski... can't we have Obama elected one more time?
- No sir, it's illegal in America
- I know, I was kidding.
- Oh, you got me, sir.
- So... any of them in bed with Israel?
- haha sir, I am not falling for it again, of course they are.
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