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Attackers Exploiting New RealPlayer Flaw
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Posted by Donster on: 2007-10-22 12:44:09 344
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By Robert McMillan, IDG News Service
Symantec is warning users of the RealPlayer media software to be extra careful while surfing the Web.
On Wednesday, the company's Symantec Security Response team uncovered new attack code that affects the RealPlayer 11 beta and RealPlayer 10.5 software on the Windows platform, according to Ben Greenbaum, a senior manager with the group. By late Wednesday, Symantec had tested the attack and confirmed that it worked on the English version of Windows XP Service Pack 1 running Internet Explorer 6. Tests for the more-recent XP service pack 2 and IE 7 browser were ongoing.
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