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Not all browsers use Windows' font rendering.


I would still be concerned that a 'trivial' exploit in another browser, that would normally not lead to exploitation could cause a problem. For example user tricks chrome in to saving a file in a non-standard place, Explorer reads file and executes payload while displaying preview.


"Got an attack that only works in MS Edge but victim's in Chrome? No worries, use the microsoft-edge: protocol to jump over to that browser." https://twitter.com/ericlaw/status/622157163398430720




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