bugtraq - RE: [Full-disclosure] Microsoft's Binary Planting Clean-Up Mission

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Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2011 22:40:42 +0200
From: "ACROS Security Lists" <lists@...os.si>
To: "'Christian Sciberras'" <uuf6429@...il.com>
Cc: "'Thor \(Hammer of God\)'" <thor@...merofgod.com>,
  <full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk>, <bugtraq@...urityfocus.com>
Subject: RE: [Full-disclosure] Microsoft's Binary Planting Clean-Up Mission

Hey Chris,

> I bet Microsoft actually like stating they just fixed yet 
> another severe bug.
> Zero-day fixing is big business, you know....even if "zero" 
> is past a few "days".

I don't think Microsoft gains much from being able to say they fixed yet another bug
- maybe if it were a bug they found internally and fixed proactively, but not like
this. And I'm sure they'd rather be doing something else than fixing: fixing a
product costs a lot, and it generates no revenue.

Cheers,
Mitja