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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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[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 6 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) (1 children)

aww fuck your price is right magicky ways i'll dance fight you for that clippy body pillow

[–] jaek@aussie.zone 8 points 11 hours ago (3 children)

There's plenty of clippy to go around, no need to resort to illegal dance fights.

[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 8 points 9 hours ago

You could have just not posted this. But you woke up today and chose violence.

[–] Narauko@lemmy.world 6 points 11 hours ago

What a horrible day to have eyes.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 4 points 11 hours ago

what fun is a legal dance fight tho