Metafile art class

2008-06-01

Dennis Elser

Secure Computing Corporation, Germany

Editor: Helen Martin

Abstract

Like its predecessor the Windows Metafile Format, the Enhanced Metafile Format has proven to be susceptible to misappropriation. Dennis Elser provides an in-depth description of a recent remotely exploitable file format vulnerability within the Windows graphics device interface (GDI).

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