Microsoft Investigates Critical New IE Hole Found By badpack3t
Microsoft is “aggressively investigating” an Internet Explorer hole that could allow hackers to take control of Windows XP machines. Microsoft is not aware of attacks that try to use the reported vulnerabilities or of any customer impact, but is trying to make a patch. This is not the first time a flaw has been found in IE, but the person who found the flaw (Ferris) said that “It’s not like any other flaw in IE?it’s definitely different”.
The hole, if left unpatched, could allow remote attackers to take control of Windows XP machines running Service Pack 2 and Internet Explorer 6 using silent attacks that are launched from malicious Web pages. The remotely exploitable hole can be used to compromise fully patched Windows XP SP2 computers and there is no way to block attacks, according to Tom Ferris, the independent researcher who found the vulnerability.
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