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New Spoofing Vulnerability in IE

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the url-b-gone dept.

Jimmy M. writes "A new vulnerability has been announced in Internet Explorer, also affecting XP SP2, which can very easily be exploited by a malicious web site to completely spoof the address bar. The vulnerability is very similar to another vulnerability disclosed just about a year ago called the '%00' vulnerability, which also was widely exploited by phishers. A demonstration is also available."

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  1. Microsoft is so sweet by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Everytime there's a major Firefox event, a release or New York Times ad, they chip it by having another IE vulnerability to raise awareness of Firefox. Thanks Microsoft!

    1. Re:Microsoft is so sweet by SoSueMe · · Score: 5, Interesting

      There's a philosophy in politics that goes like this: "It doesn't matter what they're saying about you, as long as they're talking about you. When they stop talking about you, you are dead".