Windows Phone vulnerable to SMS attack

[Jack]

According to a report from WinRumors, the Messaging Hub on Windows Phone 7.5 "Mango" devices can be completely disabled using a specially crafted SMS message. When a Windows Phone device receives the message, it causes the device to reboot and prevents the Messaging Hub from loading despite repeat attempts to open it. This Denial-of-Service (DoS) attack can also be exploited by sending a message from Facebook chat or Windows Live Messenger to the phone.
WinRumor's Tom Warren says that the only way to fix a device affected by the problem is to perform a hard reset and wipe the device, during which all personal data will be lost. The news site tested the attack on several phones such as the HTC TITIAN and the Samsung Focus Flash. These included devices running the 7740 build (7.10.7740.16) of Windows Phone 7.5 and Mango RTM build 7720 (7.10.7720.68). However, it is not clear from the report if older versions of Windows Phone are also affected.

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Update: Speaking to The Verge, Microsoft has confirmed the messaging flaw in Windows Phone and said that it is working on a fix.

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[PenTester]

Windows Phone is vulnerable to SMS attack

Single SMS can reboot the device and disable the Messaging Hub on Windows Phone 7.5 completely, reported in WinRumors. This vulnerability was discovered by Khaled Salameh and submitted to WinRumors on Monday

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[ranget]

hehe so it's an SMS Bomb xD

 

[McLovin]

Windows Phone 7 hit by SMS flaw: report

Devices running Microsoft's Windows Phone are susceptible to a denial-of-service attack that disables their messaging function, a tipster has told WinRumors.com.

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