MS and the new IE vulnerability - Object Tag

Can you see the irony?
Just after 2 weeks that M$ released the Internet Explorer security makeover, Michal Zalewski came up with a highly critical exploit, as called by Secunia… based on a mishandling of the OBJECT tag….

Security alerts aggregator Secunia flagged the issue as “highly critical” and stressed that it can be exploited to corrupt [...]

Penetration Testing vs Vulnerability Assessment

There seems to be a certain amount of confusion within the security industry about the difference between Penetration Testing and Vulnerability Assessment, they are often classified as the same thing when in fact they are not.
I know Penetration Testing sounds a lot more exciting, but most people actually want a VA not a pentest, many [...]

New Critical MEGApatch fixes 10 Vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer

Well how many does that leave unpatched? 30+ if I remember correctly from the PivX page that got taken down mysteriously.
Microsoft on Tuesday released a “critical” Internet Explorer update that fixes 10 vulnerabilities in the Web browser, including a high-profile bug that is already being used in cyberattacks.
The Redmond, Wash., software giant sent out the [...]

Serious Vulnerability/Flaw Found in GPG - GnuPG

Just in case you didn’t read it, found this one in the archives.
A serious problem in the use of GPG to verify digital signatures has been discovered, which also affects the use of gpg in email. It is possible for an attacker to take any signed message and inject extra arbitrary data without affecting the [...]

IE Address Bar Spoofing

I recently found on securityfocus mailinglist a bug in IE which can be exploited with a simple javascript code to spoof the address bar location…

This allow attacker inject a malicious shockwave-flash application into Internet Explorer while it is display another URL (even trusted sites).

The vulnerability has been confirmed on a fully patched system with Internet [...]

Information about the Internet Explorer Exploit createTextRange Code Execution

Internet Storm Center’s always informative Diary has some good information.
At the urging of Handler Extraordinaire Kyle Haugsness, I tested the sploit on a box with software-based DEP and DropMyRights… here are the results:
Software-based DEP protecting core Windows programs: sploit worked
Software-based DEP protecting all programs: sploit worked
DropMyRights, config’ed to allow IE to run (weakest form of [...]


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