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A remote code execution vulnerability has been found in Microslop Notepad (msrc.microsoft.com)

submitted 1 day ago by als@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/technology@lemmy.world

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They finally did it. Microsoft has successfully over-engineered a text editor into a threat vector.

This CVE is an 8.8 severity RCE in Notepad of all things.

Apparently, the "innovation" of adding markdown support came with the ability of launching unverified protocols that load and execute remote files.

We have reached a point where the simple act of opening a .md file in a native utility can compromise your system.

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[–] Bytemeister@lemmy.world 48 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

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[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 40 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) (1 children)

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[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 6 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) (1 children)

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[–] jaek@aussie.zone 7 points 8 hours ago (3 children)

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[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 7 points 6 hours ago

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[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 4 points 8 hours ago

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