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Critical 'BatBadBut' Rust Vulnerability Exposes Windows Systems to Attacks
(thehackernews.com)
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this post was submitted on 11 Apr 2024
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I explained it elsewhere, but basically: an API that needs undocumented escaping doesn't immediately make you think that the API has huge issues?
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.