From: Michal Zalewski (lcamtuf@dione.ids.pl)
Date: Fri Jun 23 2006 - 16:36:51 EDT
On Fri, 23 Jun 2006, Mike Gilligan wrote:
> Stack and heap based overflows were the traditional methods of
> exploiting C/C++ code. then the previously unknown Format string attacks
> were brought to the communities attention around 2000. Is it likely that
> in 5 years time or sooner we will be talking about an as-yet unknown
> form of exploitation or have we exhausted all methods of attacking C/C++
> based code/apps?
Nope. I've learned from a credible sources that in 5 years, all code
attack vectors would be a thing of a past.
/mz
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