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IE Flaw Gives Hackers Access To User Files

Posted by timothy on from the open-file-my-documents dept.

snydeq writes "Microsoft warned that a flaw in IE gives attackers access to files stored on a PC under certain conditions. 'Our investigation so far has shown that if a user is using a version of Internet Explorer that is not running in Protected Mode an attacker may be able to access files with an already known filename and location,' Microsoft said in a security advisory. The vulnerability requires that an attacker knows the name of the file they want to access, according to the company."

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  1. This is bad. by Buelldozer · · Score: 5, Insightful

    When you go to my website I know what the cookie name is and I know the default file system location for that cookie. This one seems pretty bad.

  2. I wonder... by Ismene · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I wonder how many people have a "passwords.txt" file in their Documents. ;-)