Exploit Code Out for IE Flaw
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Security experts have warned of the existence of exploit code for a new flaw in Internet Explorer, that can leave systems open to remote attack.
Security researcher - Secunia, said in its advisory, that the exploit code aims at taking advantage of the 'extremely critical' vulnerabilities in IE 5.5 and IE 6 running on XP Service Pack 2 (SP2), as also in IE 6 running on Windows 2000 SP4.
The exploit code was published by an organization called 'Computer Terrorism'.
In the event a user is tricked into visiting a malicious Web site, the exploit triggers off automatically without the user having to do anything. The attacker can use the exploit to run any code on a user's system.
Security experts have warned of the existence of exploit code for a new flaw in Internet Explorer, that can leave systems open to remote attack.
Security researcher - Secunia, said in its advisory, that the exploit code aims at taking advantage of the 'extremely critical' vulnerabilities in IE 5.5 and IE 6 running on XP Service Pack 2 (SP2), as also in IE 6 running on Windows 2000 SP4.
The exploit code was published by an organization called 'Computer Terrorism'.
In the event a user is tricked into visiting a malicious Web site, the exploit triggers off automatically without the user having to do anything. The attacker can use the exploit to run any code on a user's system.
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