Re: [Full-Disclosure] Re: New LSASS-based worm finally here (Sasser)

[Jason <security () brvenik com>]

Javier Fernandez-Sanguino wrote:

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> [1] Approaching the record of worms in other OS, which, I believe, is 
> held by Scalper (10 days from patch to worm). But hey, they could browse 
> the source changes for that one.

It did not attack an OS directly but I believe the witty worm [1] holds 
the record to date. A 1 day window from advisory to release, it attacked 
and destroyed a security component that was supposed to protect against 
these issues...

[1] - http://www.caida.org/analysis/security/witty/