Skype bug could allow malicious attacker ‘system’ level access, Microsoft says fix is ‘too much work’

["DAVID FARBER" <dfarber () me com>]

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> From: the keyboard of geoff goodfellow <geoff () iconia com>
> Date: February 16, 2018 at 5:57:45 PM EST
> To: E-mail Pamphleteer Dave Farber's Interesting People list <ip () listbox com>
> Subject: Skype bug could allow malicious attacker ‘system’ level access, Microsoft says fix is ‘too much work’
>
> A nasty Skype bug could allow a malicious attacker to gain “system” level access, if exploited. The bug is applicable 
> on both macOS and Windows desktop platforms.
>
>
> However, Microsoft says that fixing the bug will take “too much work”, stating that it would require a full rewrite 
> of the application to fix the bug, ZDNet reports. [...]
>
> https://9to5mac.com/2018/02/13/skype-bug-grants-system-access-microsoft-too-lazy-to-fix/
>
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