full-disclosure - Re: [FDSA] Notepad Highly CriticalCross-SiteScripting (XSS) Vulnerability

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Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2008 16:53:28 -0500
From: "Randal T. Rioux" <randy@...cyonlabs.com>
To: <full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [FDSA] Notepad Highly
 CriticalCross-SiteScripting (XSS) Vulnerability

>                             Fredrick Diggle Security Advisory
>
>Application: Notepad
>Versions: 5.1.2600.2180 verified to be vulnerable
>Platforms: Microsoft Windows (All Versions)
>Bugs: Cross Site Scripting (XSS)
>Severity: Critically High
>Date: 17 Jan 2008
>Credit: Estr Hinan
>
>#######################################################################

>That’s a really funny “security risk”. I don’t agree with you, because
>otherwise every editor, which is able to save HTML Files, is a security
>problem. So vi, Dreamweaver, emacs… are all unsecure? It is your decision,
>to open a HTML file or not. And (if here are some MS guys) please don’t fix
>this “issue”, because sometimes, if you haven’t a professional tool at the
>moment, the Windows editor can be useful, too.  Also, if you need to edit
>some small Scripts.
>
>Yours, 
>SR
>

Speaking of professional tools...

Let's hope this was just a language translation error and not a fully understood response.

Lighten up, folks.

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