Bill Sconce wrote:
> Mr. Culp also says this (CNET 5/5/00):
> This is by-design behavior, not a security vulnerability.
>
So by-design, they have a security vulnerability. Thanks for the
admission. Lawyers, start your engines.
> http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-1820959.html
>
> So what on earth is Microsoft doing allowing attachments to run code
> in a full-blown scripting language that can, among many other things,
> invisibly send e-mail? Says the "Microsoft representative",
>
> We include scripting technologies because our customers ask us to
> put them there, and they allow the development of business-critical
> productivity applications that millions of our customers use.
>
Microsoft - name me 5 customers who requested this (outlook running
VBScript without sandboxing).
jeff
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