[ad] 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 […]
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New Critical MEGApatch fixes 10 Vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer
[ad] 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 […]
Serious Vulnerability/Flaw Found in GPG – GnuPG
[ad] 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 […]
Information about the Internet Explorer Exploit createTextRange Code Execution
[ad] 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 […]