4 New "Extremely Critical" IE Vulnerabilities

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4 New "Extremely Critical" IE Vulnerabilities

Posted by CmdrTaco on Tuesday July 13, 2004 @03:45AM from the are-you-ready-for-fun-and-excitement dept.

TopherTG writes "Buckle your seat belts folks. On what is looking to be the next Black Tuesday, with rumors of 9 new Windows security patches being released, Secunia is reporting on 4 new vulnerabilities in IE that allow for arbitrary code execution and placing content over other windows. Combined with the new Windows patches, it is likely more Download.Ject and Sasser like viruses will be emerging in the coming months."

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At what point... by D-Cypell · 2004-07-13 03:46 · Score: 4, Funny

At what point do we need to shift the focus here and start posting slashdot stories when they find some code in IE that actually works?
1. Re:At what point... by slash-tard · 2004-07-13 03:48 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  Im just glad I use AOL to get my interweb.
2. Re:At what point... by Grey+Ninja · 2004-07-13 03:54 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  Well, we know for sure at this point that ActiveX works. And the code for creating popups is working quite nicely. Of course, there is the odd time that when autoinstalling some ActiveX controls to autospawn more popups, and creating some more popups at the same time, it can go into an infinite loop and crash, but on the whole, it works quite nicely. =)
3. Re:At what point... by Anonymous Coward · 2004-07-13 04:01 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  At what point do we have /. change the IE topic icon to have bugs crawling all over it and eating holes?
4. Re:At what point... by magefile · 2004-07-13 04:49 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  No - replace it with the Firefox icon. Y'know, the picture of a fox eating (or suffocating or ... /me resists the urge to make a dirty joke) the IE logo?
5. Re:At what point... by BobLenon · 2004-07-13 05:06 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  In terms of software engineering, IE has proved to be quite the extensible piece of software. Look at how many people are out there developing "addons" with little trouble ;)
  
  That and they are so easy to install.
  
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surprise by birdwax2k · 2004-07-13 03:47 · Score: 5, Funny

surprise, surprise...all i want to know is why you need 9 patches for 4 holes. maybe the first patch fixes 1 and creates 5 more?
The /. Pool by CommanderData · 2004-07-13 03:47 · Score: 5, Funny

Sorry Funkdid, your bet of Wednesday for the next IE exploit was incorrect. However according to Price is Right rules your bet is the closest without going over, so you win!

Your prize today is 9 shiny new windows patches! And a new car!

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1. Re:The /. Pool by Zak3056 · 2004-07-13 04:07 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  However according to Price is Right rules your bet is the closest without going over, so you win!
  
  Your prize today is 9 shiny new windows patches! And a new car!
  
  <game show music>
  
  But that's not all, Funkdid! Bob Barker is also going to come to your house and personally neuter your dog! Actual retail price of Bob neutering your dog, $129.99!
  
  </game show music>
  
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2. Re:The /. Pool by funkdid · 2004-07-13 04:20 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  Awesome! hahahha
  If only it was announced tomorrow, I would have won both showcases!!!!!!
  
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Breaking News by Anonymous Coward · 2004-07-13 03:47 · Score: 5, Funny

A spokesman for Microsoft said, "These are the last 4, we swear!"
Oh, for god's sake! by Anonymous Coward · 2004-07-13 03:48 · Score: 5, Funny

I'm switching to Lynx.
Re:"Trusted Computing" by The-Bus · 2004-07-13 03:50 · Score: 5, Funny

Well at least it's nice of the virus/exploit writers to find flaws now as opposed to during its official release in August...

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Internal MS Memo by ccoder · 2004-07-13 03:51 · Score: 5, Funny

Dear Staff, IE has a vew unsolved vulnerabilities to say the least. Download the latest version of Firefox or Mozilla from http://www.mozilla.org/. Thanks, Bill G

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Re:Black Tuesday? wth? by Synesthesiatic · 2004-07-13 03:54 · Score: 5, Funny

When all the sysadmins start jumping out of windows, you'll understand.
Is it just me? by Cro+Magnon · 2004-07-13 03:56 · Score: 5, Funny

Or does the very name of IE sound like a scream?

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Re:Black Tuesday? wth? by chris_mahan · 2004-07-13 03:56 · Score: 5, Funny

There are no windows in the basement.

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Re:Black Tuesday? wth? by hoggoth · 2004-07-13 04:00 · Score: 5, Funny

> I think blacktuesday has something to do with a stock market crash back in the day. 1987 maybe? I am not sure.

"back in the day" ... "1987" ...
God I feel old...

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Re:Solution: by Anonymous Coward · 2004-07-13 04:00 · Score: 5, Funny

Naturally, the only thing that can distract screeching Slashbots from frothing over a new Windows vulnerability is the rare presence of a girl.
Boy, MS' spin control just gets more clever by the day...
Re:Black Tuesday? wth? by blackmonday · 2004-07-13 04:03 · Score: 4, Funny

Dangit, just one day before, and my band could have had a slashdotting. I couldda been a contenda.
Maud'dib would be proud by Prince+Vegeta+SSJ4 · 2004-07-13 04:03 · Score: 4, Funny
In other news, wormherders around the world once again had something to rejoice about. Chief Wormherder Paul Maud'dib had this to say:
- "We were dealt a serious blow with some of the latest security patches, however, we found out that after a while the product still works,
- Just set a box of Windows XP out in the field, and the worms keep rolling in. They stopped for a moment and we were afraid we would have to go back to the old method of using shovels and a bucket. But, like magic, they kept coming and coming.
  All hail the Quizatz Hadderach!
Got Sploit? by HangingChad · 2004-07-13 04:04 · Score: 4, Funny

MSFT's only had what? Seven or eight years to work out the security issues in IE. Instead of getting better it seems to be getting worse.
Remember when 2000 was supposed to be the most secure ever? Then XP? Now it's Longhorn. I didn't believe them then and I don't believe them now.
I feel sorry for the poor Windows poopies. Paying big bucks to get porked like a cheap prom date. And not so much a kiss from Billy boy.

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In Other News... by lukateake · 2004-07-13 04:16 · Score: 5, Funny

It's Tuesday.
Well Now by quantaman · 2004-07-13 04:28 · Score: 4, Funny

It seems like somebody was jelous of a certain other browsers bug now weren't they?

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Re:IE Developers by GoofyBoy · 2004-07-13 04:35 · Score: 4, Funny

>More like Microsoft's human resources problem of hiring people from good colleges who lack real programming experience.

Didn't get the MS summer job either, huh?

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