Re:Linus Tech Tips – My Channel Was Deleted Last Night
by richardjam73 on Friday March 24, 2023 @08:08AM
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That should be stopped by the smartscreen prompt which is pretty hard to bypass by accident.
Re:Linus Tech Tips – My Channel Was Deleted Last Night
by andreareina on Saturday March 25, 2023 @05:05AM
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Wait it wasn't an executable pdf that escaped the sandbox, it was a *.pdf.exe?? Why does Windows even still have this vulnerability?
From what I understand, it was an executable inside a zip attachment to an email disguising itself as a partnership proposal from a reputable source.
The file inside the zip probably had a .pdf.exe extension. By default, Windows Explorer would show it as a .pdf, making it easy to run by mistake.