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Ugh. Will they never get it?
Thanks
Kent
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Jurik" <mark@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "'Omega List'" <Omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>; "'Realtraders'"
<realtraders@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2002 9:58 AM
Subject: [RT] Security Alert -- 6 new flaws in MS IE
MS released an advisory Security Bulletin regarding 6 new security
vulnerabilities discovered in Internet Explorer (IE) 5.01, 5.5 and 6.0.
With these vulnerabilities, a hacker can ...
... cause a buffer overflow in IE that would result in the execution of any
program he wished.
... read files on your computer without your permission, by using a
malformed HTML scripting function which allows a Web site to establish
contact with data files on a visiting system.
... mis-name files your are downloading, thereby trick you into downloading
trojan software.
... craft the HTML headers associated with a file to cause it to open with
any available application of his choosing. A harmless looking text file
could actually be an app that modifies your registry.
... add additional HTML code to a web page *after* IE has already scanned
the page for scripts. This allows scripts to run even if you specifically
disabled scripts from running.
... read any files on your system which are viewable in IE.
THE FIX
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To fix these issues as well as many past IE vulnerabilities, install
Microsoft's cumulative patch
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/downloads/critical/q316059/default.asp
[ URL is all on one line ]
- mark jurik
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