Re: First case of Cyber Rolling?

["Dr. J Swift" <fdiscsplat () gmail com>]

On Sat, May 10, 2008 at 11:03 PM, n3td3v <xploitable () gmail com> wrote:
> Scaring people with fullScreen
>
>     * Posted by bunnyhero
>     * 2008 May 10
>
>  When Flash Player 9 goes into full screen mode, it pops up a little
>  security message that tells the user how to exit full screen mode. It
>  appears as white text on a semi-transparent black background so it is
>  generally always visible (which is good). Still, I wondered if it
>  could be obscured.
>
>  The message is always on top, so it is impossible to draw over it. But
>  what if we tried distracting the user from the actual security
>  message?
>
>  Here's a silly test:
>
>  Of course, you can press Esc (or alt+tab to another window) to escape.
>
>  UPDATE: I have made the source code available, warts and all, under a
>  ZLib licence. Share and enjoy :)
>
>  http://www.bunnyhero.org/2008/05/10/scaring-people-with-fullscreen/

Mr. Wallace,

Are you bunnyhero?

Why would you publish this exploit?

Did you contact the affected vendors prior to your publishing this?

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