On December 21, 2000, at 12:53:56 PM, Bob Rankin Wrote:
BR> The MTX virus arrives attached to a message with empty body text.
BR> Was there an exposure in v1.41 that would allow the attached
BR> executable to launch without explicit action from a user? I'm
BR> wondering if The Bat tries to show an attachment when the message body
BR> is empty.
If I am not mistaken, those viruses came to the List with a *.pif and *.scr
attachment which TB! should not have tried to open despite having no text in
the body. TB! does in fact 'show' an attachment such as a *.jpg or *.png
file without opening it, so I wonder if there is a vulnerability there.
Nick
N.J. Andriash [ TB! v1.48d | PGP 7.0 | Win 98 SE ]
Vancouver, B.C. Canada | PGP Key ID: 0x7BA3FDCE
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