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Debunking the WMF backdoor
Thomas C. Greene, 2006-01-23

Claims that the WMF vulnerability was an intentional backdoor into Windows systems makes for an interesting conspiracy theory, but doesn't fit with the facts.

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Re: Debunking the WMF backdoor 2006-01-27
Penguinisto
Oy, Vey... got enough tinfoil packed tightly on that skull of yours?

The most likely explanation for leaving it open is legacy support for 3rd-party programs that handle WMF files - _if_ there was any decision made by MSFT coders on SetAbortProc() at all.

The MSFT/DSA key deal you referred t...

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