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IE Flaw Exposes Users To Spoof-Based Attacks
Sotos wrote to mention a C|Net article discussing a new spoof-based attack on Internet Explorer. From the article: " The problem lies in the way Microsoft has implemented a JavaScript component in its Web browser, security researcher Amit Klein wrote in a research document. Internet Explorer does not validate some data fields provided by a PC when the component, called XmlHttpRequest, is used, he wrote. The vulnerability could be exploited with specially crafted code. An attacker could spoof a legitimate Web site, access data from the Web browser's cache or stage a so-called man-in-the-middle attack, which taps into traffic between a user and another Web site, according to Klein's write-up. " Secunia has an alert up on the spoof.
It is the thingy that powers AJAX
I'll start with the securia site.
Internet Explorer: Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.x with all vendor patches installed and all vendor workarounds applied, is currently affected by one or more Secunia advisories rated Highly critical...Currently, 20 out of 86 Secunia advisories, is marked as "Unpatched" in the Secunia database.
FireFox: Mozilla Firefox 1.x with all vendor patches installed and all vendor workarounds applied, is currently affected by one or more Secunia advisories rated Less critical...Currently, 3 out of 24 Secunia advisories, is marked as "Unpatched" in the Secunia database.
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I guess you never read the story on ZDnet about a month ago, and MS was "looking into it". Apparently this does work and yet MS dropped the ball again, nothing knew, just expected sooner.