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A remote code execution vulnerability has been found in Microslop Notepad (msrc.microsoft.com)
submitted 8 months ago by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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They finally did it. Microsoft has successfully over-engineered a text editor into a threat vector.

This CVE is an 8.8 severity RCE in Notepad of all things.

Apparently, the "innovation" of adding markdown support came with the ability of launching unverified protocols that load and execute remote files.

We have reached a point where the simple act of opening a .md file in a native utility can compromise your system.

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[–] 26 points 8 months ago (2 children)

RCE means exactly this, the ability to run any code on a remote device (the one running notepad).

It's a parsing issue. I've encountered the same writing an MD parser for a website, not as trivial to solve as it seems. For a multi billion dollar company this is hilariously stupid. Why do I get the feeling someone vibecoded this entire implementation.

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  • [–] 12 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    'cause they did, mate.

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  • [–] 9 points 8 months ago

    They admitted, IIRC, that they fired a bunch of devs and then used gen-AI to write code. I think I have a comment from last year around this time that this was gonna happen, including data breaches on a massive scale, when companies were openly touting this tactic. It's only getting started.

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