Microsoft Testing Windows Phone SMS Bug Fix, Desktop Software Affected

Friday, December 30th, 2011 at 8:26 am , filed under Software by Seth

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"Windows Phone SMS Bug" Here strikes the latest news from the Software giant, Microsoft which has found the main cause behind the SMS vulnerability in its Windows Phone OS.

Earlier this month, the bug was reported by Khaled Salameh, who found that the Operating System may perhaps be exploited through a malicious SMS message, which forces the Windows Phone device to reboot and afterward disables its messaging hub.

Even though it’s good that the Software giant has found a fix for the bug in Windows Phone devices, the exploit may possibly as well have an effect on its other applications. Up to now it’s known to work not only via SMS messages but in addition through Windows Live Messenger or Facebook chat. The malicious code possibly will be used to crash Windows Live Messenger in an approach that would stop all your contacts from signing in.

According to the official reports from Microsoft, currently the Company is yet investigating its other products that might be affected, as well as its desktop applications. Salameh unveiled that the following applications are vulnerable to the SMS attack string.

SMS strings like Windows Live Mail, Windows Live Messenger, Silverlight-based apps, Expressions Blend, Visual Studio 2010, and Windows Presentation Foundation-based apps are vulnerable.

In a Statement, Greg Sullivan, the Senior Product Manager of Windows Phone stated that we are working on an update to solve the issue and will work with our partners to coordinate its release.

Stay tuned to know more updates on Windows phone SMS bug!

By Seth

Tags: Microsoft, Windows Phone OS, Windows Phone SMS bug