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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. Holy Flashback, Batman?! by __aaclcg7560 · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    The last time I dealt with "protected mode" on a 80286 CPU when DOS ruled the world. I had an ISA memory card that could page memory above the 1024K limit for applications or as a RAM drive.