[Gllug] latest zero day Word flaw

Jason Clifford jason at ukfsn.org
Thu Dec 7 10:12:57 UTC 2006


On Thu, 7 Dec 2006, Matthew Smith wrote:

> Does it not actually mean as the Wikipedia entry you linked to said:  
> an exploit found on the same day as the software is released?  As in  
> "zero-day warez": cracked software released the same day as the real  
> thing.

No it refers to an exploit that is available immediately that a new 
vulnerability is discovered - often the vulnerability becomes known 
through the exploit.

As it's a zero day exploit it also means there is no protection against 
it.

Jason
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