0 Day Excel flaw for sale on eBay
According to The Sydney Morning Herald today someone is selling code for an undiscovered bug in Microsoft's Excel application.
The code is "0 day", zero day means information that is not publicly available and is used to describe security vulnerabilities exploits which are unknown to security professionals. According to the seller the bug was found 3 days ago and the seller has made Microsoft aware of the issue.
"So, since I was unable to find any use for this by-product of Microsoft developers, it is now available for you at the low starting price of $0.01 (a fair value estimation for any Microsoft product). A percentage of this sale will be contributed to various open-source projects."
As a special offer, he said Microsoft representatives who bid would get 10 per cent off the price they offered. "To qualify, you
must provide @microsoft.com e-mail address and must mention discount code LINUXRULZ during checkout," the seller specified.
Posted by - GoogleFreak
December 9, 2005, 2:48 pm
News Source - The Sydney Morning Herald Article
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