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Unpatched IE Flaw Extremely Critical

Posted by Zonk on from the get-the-lead-out dept.

Durinthal writes "The biggest blip on the security radar over the Thanksgiving holiday was the realization by the security community that an Internet Explorer problem first identified six months ago was a lot worse than it appeared, as what appeared to be only a DoS vulnerability also allows for execution of arbitrary code. The realization caused Secunia to issue a rare 'Extremely Critical' advisory."

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  1. Is this a duplicate article? by digitaldc · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Or is it just my imagination that a Microsoft security flaw was discovered at one point in time?

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    He who knows best knows how little he knows. - Thomas Jefferson
  2. Not just IE... by black+hole+sun · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Before you all jump on the microsoft hatewagon, I just tried it and the code, while not opening calc.exe (yay!), crashes Firefox 1.5 rc3, making it a DoS vulnerability. :(