Highly Critical Hole Found in IE

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Highly Critical Hole Found in IE

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Thursday March 23, 2006 @07:20AM from the must-be-thursday dept.

dotpavan writes "Eweek reports on a highly critical MS Internet Explorer hole found by Secunia Research's Andreas Sandblad. The vulnerability is due to the processing of the "createTextRange()" method call applied on a radio button control. From Secunia, "The vulnerability has been confirmed on a fully patched system with Internet Explorer 6.0 and Microsoft Windows XP SP2." The vulnerability has also been confirmed in Internet Explorer 7 Beta 2 Preview (January edition) though it could be avoided by turning off Active Scripting, as suggested by Microsoft Security Response Center blog. How would this put MS in the market, hit by the ever-growing shots of vulnerabilties? And would the divorce of IE7 from Vista's Windows Explorer help?"

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Patch available by thrillseeker · 2006-03-23 07:22 · Score: 5, Funny

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Highly Critical Hole Found in IE? by Anonymous Coward · 2006-03-23 07:24 · Score: 5, Funny

Must be thursday.
1. Re:Highly Critical Hole Found in IE? by lowe0 · 2006-03-23 07:54 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  I could never quite get the hang of Thursdays.
Perhaps it would save time... by Threni · 2006-03-23 07:24 · Score: 5, Funny

...if researchers just identified the bits that *weren't* totally insecure?
It is not a dupe! by Life700MB · 2006-03-23 07:25 · Score: 5, Funny

It's a brand new hole!

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Do what now? by Rob+T+Firefly · 2006-03-23 07:27 · Score: 5, Funny

TFA: Microsoft plans to release a pre-patch advisory with workarounds for a "highly critical" vulnerability that could put millions of Internet Explorer users at the mercy of malicious hackers

So this article updates us to the fact that they plan to update us with an article prior to the update?

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Could be worst... by __aaclcg7560 · 2006-03-23 07:29 · Score: 4, Funny

It could've been a very cynical hole in IE concerning when Windows Vista will finally be released.
Proof of concept by Anonymous Coward · 2006-03-23 07:32 · Score: 5, Funny
mirror by eclectro · 2006-03-23 07:38 · Score: 4, Funny

here.

IE user, your house is on fire. Run for the hills! Go! Go!

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Safest browser ever available by Otis2222222 · 2006-03-23 08:10 · Score: 4, Funny

Here. Guaranteed not to be exploited by any javascript or plugin vulnerability. Or by any site that uses frames.
1. Re:Safest browser ever available by phantomfive · 2006-03-23 09:21 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  Lynx only seems safe because it has such a small marketshare. As soon as more people use it, hackers will target it more. You will see.
  
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The 1st IE7 worm after the 'divorce' from windows by rubberbando · 2006-03-23 08:11 · Score: 4, Funny

shall be named "alimony"!

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