WinAmp flayed by skins attack

WinAmp flayed by skins attack
John Leyden, The Register 2004-08-26

A serious security flaw in NullSoft's popular WinAmp player opens the door for crackers to seize control of vulnerable systems.

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WinAmp flayed by skins attack 2004-08-27
Anonymous

it was not k-otik who published the bug info. it was blackhat.tv, a user by the name of silent....

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WinAmp flayed by skins attack 2004-08-28
Anonymous

silent was just a scriptkiddie who ripped the exploit that he found in the wild. thanks to k-otik for their report !...

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WinAmp flayed by skins attack 2004-08-29
MrCool (2 replies)

this is a problem,i think,but there is an easy solution-don´t load WinAmp skins.Use the classic one....

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WinAmp flayed by skins attack 2004-08-30
Anonymous

Or alternatively do what I do use winamp 2.95...

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WinAmp flayed by skins attack 2004-08-31
Anonymous (1 replies)

Here's a better (though not necessarily easier) solution:

DO NOT USE INTERNET EXPLORER. Since I switched to Mozilla and disallowed IE's network access through my SW Firewall, I haven't had any problems!...

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WinAmp flayed by skins attack 2004-09-01
Anonymous

"DO NOT USE INTERNET EXPLORER. Since I switched to Mozilla and disallowed IE's network access through my SW Firewall, I haven't had any problems!"

^ So true!...

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WinAmp flayed by skins attack 2004-08-30
Anonymous

FYI...fix now available:

Version History

- http://www.winamp.com/player/version_history.php

Winamp 5.05:

* Security bug fix

* Fix for upside down videos through DirectShow

* JTFE v0.96c

* Added prompt when loading a skin for the first time

Download >>> http://www.winamp.com/player/free.p...

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