Some of you have already heard of the very nasty vulnerability recently discovered in Windows, which allows code injection when the hapless victim simply views an animated cursor on a HTML page or an email message. Microsoft has announced that due to the seriousness of this issue, it will publish an out-of-sync patch as soon as it is ready, i.e. they will not wait for Patch Tuesdayâ„¢. [Update: as I was writing this, I noticed this post which states that patch MS07-017 has been released].
What do you do when you have in your hands the best security distribution in the world? Use it! Here is the result of Mati Aharoni’s (aka Muts) impersonation of The Mexican – click the image to view the full video.
Kids, do not try this at home, and if you are using Windows, well…my sincere condolences. While you are at it, check out the home site for BackTrack.