full-disclosure - tool to reverse engineer patches???

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From: exibar at thelair.com (Exibar)
Subject: tool to reverse engineer patches???

What tool are they talking about in this article?  anyone know?

http://infoworld.com/article/04/02/24/HNunderattack_1.html

<snip>

However, vendors and users' headaches are being worsened by new tools

created by sophisticated hackers and made available on the Internet.

One such tool available now automatically reverse-engineers patches, creates

an exploit and launches attacks, he said, allowing any non-tech savvy user

to become a potential cyber criminal.

"These tools are so good I'm afraid we'll see more zero-day attacks,"

Aucsmith said.

</snip>