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A remote code execution vulnerability has been found in Microslop Notepad (msrc.microsoft.com)

submitted 3 days ago by als@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/technology@lemmy.world

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They finally did it. Microsoft has successfully over-engineered a text editor into a threat vector.

This CVE is an 8.8 severity RCE in Notepad of all things.

Apparently, the "innovation" of adding markdown support came with the ability of launching unverified protocols that load and execute remote files.

We have reached a point where the simple act of opening a .md file in a native utility can compromise your system.

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[–] m3t00@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

paint still good, right?

[–] radiouser@crazypeople.online 5 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Didn't they remove Paint? (I've not used Windows in years).

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[–] Professorozone@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago (3 children)

I use an older version. Am I ok?

[–] cabillaud@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

You know your notepad version?

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[–] m3t00@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

cat index.txt hello world^M

/cr/n seems safe

[–] MuskyMelon@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

This is the way now...

[–] melsaskca@lemmy.ca 10 points 3 days ago

Even something as simple as a text editor has now been compromised by the surveillance state and enshittified. smh.

[–] Lembot_0006@programming.dev 11 points 3 days ago

Microslop leads to macroflop.

[–] eRac@lemmings.world 10 points 3 days ago (1 children)

It sounds like a link can be a file path and clicking the link just opens the file. If that's the case, this is effectively the same risk as filesystem shortcuts.

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