On Thu, 2011-12-15 at 12:29 -0800, Joe Zeff wrote: > On 12/15/2011 12:01 PM, Robert Moskowitz wrote: > > There are some other attack vectors. For example you download an audio > > recording or get one in your email and it starts up with a message that > > a codec is needed and you ALLOW it. Thing is that codec that is > > retrieved is malware. So in this case either firefox or your emailing > > (thunderbird?) started things. > > I was under the impression that codecs were executables and as such, OS > specific. I presume that a Windows codec/trojan could run under wine if > you have it installed, but would it be able to do any damage? Enquiring > minds want to *KNOW!* They're usually libraries and may be cross-platform, e.g. the mplayer non-free codecs are designed for Windows but work in Linux as well. poc -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
