Re:HiddenWasp Malware Stings Targeted Linux Systems
by skrebbel on Friday May 31, 2019 @06:18AM
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I didn't say anything about that. I'm only refuting the claim that Windows email clients will run an executable just by clicking on them.
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Re:HiddenWasp Malware Stings Targeted Linux Systems
by jorangreef on Friday May 31, 2019 @06:35AM
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Well, then I would disagree with you there. There are plenty of ways to get Windows to run executable code just by clicking an attachment, and this even without warning dialogs:
- PDFs with JS code. It's not a joke, someone actually titled a paper on PDF exploits alone, "PDF, Let Me Count the Ways".
- Hostile RTFs (with or without OLEs) disguised as Word documents (which Office will gladly open).
- Hostile HTML disguised as Excel spreadsheets (likewise).
- New unknown variants of the old Windows metafile exploit (just by viewing, as xorcist suggested).
- Image "stegosploits" (likewise).
The list goes on...