[pchelpers] News:Hackers exploit second DirectShow zero-day using thousands of hijacked sites

July 06, 2009
A new unpatched Windows bug surfaces; Windows 2000, XP, and Server 2003
are all vulnerable

By Gregg Keizer


Thousands of legitimate Web sites hacked over the weekend are launching
drive-by attacks using an exploit of a second critical unpatched
vulnerability in Windows' DirectShow component, a Danish security
company said today.

According to CSIS Security Group, the bug is in an ActiveX control, the
"msvidctl.dll" file, that streams video content.

More here:
http://www.infoworld.com/d/security-central/hackers-exploit-second-directshow-zero-day-using-thousands-hijacked-sites-262
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