F-secure has some interesting commentary on the latest Windows WMF vulnerability:

The feature now in the limelight is known as the Escape() function and especially the SetAbortProc subfunction.

This function was designed to be called by Windows if a print job needed to be canceled during spooling.

This really means two things:
1) There are probably other vulnerable functions in WMF files in addition to SetAbortProc
2) This bug seems to affect all versions of Windows, starting from Windows 3.0 - shipped in 1990!

"The WMF vulnerability" probably affects more computers than any other security vulnerability, ever.

Impressive, and scary. Update those virus signatures, kids.

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