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    2008-10-23:

    Format bug, Vista and %n

    vista:windows:winapi:c:c++:format bug:security:easy
    Recently I've talked with my teammate oshogbo about the format bug (aka format string attack), and when we got to testing a sample code, a thing that should work - the %n tag, didn't work at all. What's more interesting, this behavior was Vista specific, since everything else worked well on XP. I've decided to take a look inside, and here's what I've found out...


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