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Outlook Express becomes attack platform, of sorts | |
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| Time: 17:39 EST/22:39 GMT | News Source: The Register | Posted By: Alex Harris | ||
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There's a pleasing symmetry about the latest security issue involving Outlook Express. For the last couple of years Outlook (Lookout) Express failings have been exploited to infect users. So why not take advantage of its features to send viruses in such a way that they might fool detection by AV and content checking tools? Well that's the gist of a new method of bypassing many SMTP-based content filter engines, unearthed by researchers at Beyond Security. Using a rarely used feature called 'message fragmentation and re-assembly' (MFR), an attacker can send emails that will "bypass most SMTP filtering engines", Beyond Security reports. | ||
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| #1 By 20 (24.243.41.64) at 9/13/2002 12:25:12 AM |
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So, let me get this straight:
A glaring design flaw in the SMTP protocol (developed by Unix-y type people) somehow is Outlook Express's fault? |
| #2 By 7754 (216.160.8.41) at 9/13/2002 4:03:11 PM |
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Yes, the Register somehow spins this as an Outlook Express "issue," even though any other email client that supports MFR (and RFC standard) also has the same "issue." Since when has it been an issue to support an RFC standard????
You're right, dkg_ctc--this is a problem with SMTP filtering engines that are not MFR-aware. |
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