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IE 6 & 7 Unpatched Exploit Goes Wild

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the brace-for-impact dept.

Kolargol00 writes "Heise online reports the availability of an exploit (Google translation) for the yet-unpatched MSA-981374 affecting Internet Explorer 6 and 7. It has already been spotted in the wild by McAfee and integrated into the Metasploit Framework."

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  1. Re:Serves the noobs right by houghi · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I know it is funny. What is tragic is that recently we wanted to go to IE8. Some major program we use did not work anymore, while it worked with IE7. When asked if they could solve the issue, the answer was that the program was made for IE6 so we should downgrade to that.
    What makes it double sad is that that 'advice came from the main IT department.

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    Don't fight for your country, if your country does not fight for you.
  2. IE6? by Wolfraider · · Score: 1, Interesting

    Wasn't IE 6 pronounced dead and services held for it? Why are we still reporting bugs on it? IE7 on the other hand, it needs to be fixed or even better, killed completely

  3. Re:Serves the noobs right by Buelldozer · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Deploy IE6 with Terminal Services for far less than $30,000. Configure it to only talk to the the authorized applications. Deploy any browser you would like to the desktop.

    Where do I send my bill for solving your problem for less than "hundreds of thousands of dollars"?