I'm publishing some
research today, a major design flaw in Windows that's existed for almost *two decades*. I wrote a blog post on the story of the discovery all the way through to exploitation.
https://googleprojectzero.blogspot.com/2019/08/down-rabbit-hole.html …
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Replying to @HenkPoley
I saw some websites claim that, but I think it's a mistake, it doesn't really seem right. My theory is it's just CTextFramework, but that's just a guess!
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Replying to @taviso
I see why it pops up on http://Microsoft.com . It is/was an Azure service:https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cognitive-services/translator/ctf-reporting …
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Replying to @HenkPoley @taviso
A Microsoft patent refers to it as "the Common Text Framework used with Microsoft WINDOWS® brand XP Tablet PC Edition operating system" https://patents.google.com/patent/US20040150670 …
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Replying to @JakeNelsonMN @HenkPoley
Huh, nice find - that does look convincing. I've heard the internal codename was Cicero, so "Cicero Text Framework" seemed like a candidate.... but Common looks more likely now.
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Replying to @taviso @HenkPoley
It certainly could have been something else during development, and they just changed it to "common" to keep the acronym/variable names the same, of course.
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I added a link here
https://github.com/taviso/ctftool/blob/master/README.md#acronym …
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