{"id":5890,"date":"2019-08-11T17:44:57","date_gmt":"2019-08-11T15:44:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/monodes.com\/predaelli\/?p=5890"},"modified":"2019-08-11T17:44:57","modified_gmt":"2019-08-11T15:44:57","slug":"remember-autorun-inf-malware-in-windows-turns-out-kde-offers-something-similar-slashdot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/monodes.com\/predaelli\/2019\/08\/11\/remember-autorun-inf-malware-in-windows-turns-out-kde-offers-something-similar-slashdot\/","title":{"rendered":"Remember Autorun.inf Malware In Windows? Turns Out KDE Offers Something Similar &#8211; Slashdot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/it.slashdot.org\/story\/19\/08\/10\/2257259\/remember-autoruninf-malware-in-windows-turns-out-kde-offers-something-similar\">Remember Autorun.inf Malware In Windows? Turns Out KDE Offers Something Similar &#8211; Slashdot<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Long-time Slashdot reader <a href=\"https:\/\/it.slashdot.org\/~Artem+S.+Tashkinov\">Artem S. Tashkinov<\/a> writes: <i>A security researcher has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/article\/unpatched-kde-vulnerability-disclosed-on-twitter\/\">published<\/a> proof-of-concept (PoC) code for a vulnerability in the KDE software framework. A fix is not available at the time of writing&#8230;.<br \/>\nZero user interaction is required to trigger code execution<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Luckily I never actually used KDE.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p class=\"excerpt\">Remember Autorun.inf Malware In Windows? Turns Out KDE Offers Something Similar &#8211; Slashdot Long-time Slashdot reader Artem S. Tashkinov writes: A security researcher has published proof-of-concept (PoC) code for a vulnerability in the KDE software framework. A fix is not available at the time of writing&#8230;. 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