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December 19, 2015 10:00 am
Original Link: http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/Msmg-LD9tx8/new-outlook-bug-doesnt-require-users-to-interact-with-emails-to-be-compromised
New Outlook Bug Doesn't Require Users To Interact With Emails To Be Compromised
An anonymous reader writes: A new bug in Outlook allows attackers only to send you an email, and without clicking or downloading attachments, a user's computer can be compromised. The bug [PDF] is because Outlook allows Flash objects to be previewed without a sandbox. Flash files are demon spawns and attackers can put exploits in malicious files, which when previewed or viewed inside an Outlook application will automatically execute their payload.Read more of this story at Slashdot.
Original Link: http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/Msmg-LD9tx8/new-outlook-bug-doesnt-require-users-to-interact-with-emails-to-be-compromised
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