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Critical 'BatBadBut' Rust Vulnerability Exposes Windows Systems to Attacks (thehackernews.com)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 9 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I explained it elsewhere, but basically: an API that needs undocumented escaping doesn't immediately make you think that the API has huge issues?

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

WinAPIs are rife with weirdness like this that has stuck around for backward compatibility reasons. The day MS finally kills win32 will be the day Windows' security improves tenfold.