Attack code targets new IE hole
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Code that exploits a serious, yet-to-be-patched hole in Microsoft's Web browser has been posted on the Net.
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The new code is more dangerous than the exploit that appeared earlier this week, since it allows malicious hackers to run their own code on vulnerable machines, according to the SANS Institute's Internet Storm Center.
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Days after sample attack code for a yet-to-be-patched flaw surfaced, malicious sites are popping up that exploit the hole.
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MICROSOFT has issued an out-of-schedule critical patch for its Internet Explorer web browser, plugging a security hole that could allow a hacker to take control of a PC.
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During the course of this weekend, hackers found an ingenious way to attack Microsoftâs ubiquitous Internet Explorer: compromise an ad networkâs servers.
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A patch has been issued for the JpegOfDeath hole. But so what? No one believes every single user of Microsoft&#39;s Internet Explorer is going to apply it, and this means the door is wide open for hackers.
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IE exploit code could boost risk of browser mishaps. Microsoft says teamwork makes for better defenses.
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Code that exploits a "critical" Windows flaw has been posted on the Net, opening the door for a worm to be created.
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New vulnerabilities include a critical flaw in Internet Explorer and a "major" bug in Firefox.
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Sample code that exploits a yet-to-be-fixed Windows flaw is circulating. Microsoft plans to deal with it on the next Patch Tuesday.
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(InfoWorld) - It has become a familiar pattern: A hacker posts exploit code to a security Web site; Microsoft follows soon after with a warning to customers. The pattern was repeated again Thursday, only this time Microsoft's warning that it is investigating "new public reports" of a critical bug in Windows comes more than two months after sample code showing how to take advantage of the flaw was posted to the Web. Microsoft's advisory can beÂ found here. The flaw that Microsoft warned about is in an ActiveX control (called WebViewFolderIcon) used by the Windows' graphical user interface software. It was first disclosed on July 18 as part of aÂ month-longÂ project byÂ hacker HD MooreÂ to expose problems in browser software. Moore's blog post on the flaw can beÂ found here. Moore called his project theÂ "Month of Browser Bugs"Â and ended up disclosing a total of 22 Microsoft vulnerabilities during the period. A few days ago, Moore quietlyÂ added exploit codeÂ for this latest flaw to his Metasploit hacking tool. The exploit caught Microsoft's attention after it was posted to theÂ milw0rm.com Web site,Â Moore said. But the security researcher believes that any competent hacker could have developed an exploit based on his July blog posting. So far, Microsoft has patched only two of Moore's flaws. In fact, Microsoft engineers haven't even been able to investigate close to a third of the vulnerabilities, Moore said. Microsoft executives could not immediately be reached for comment, but the company's security advisory said this latest WebViewFolderIcon bug will be patched on Oct. 10. "We have been in contact with HD Moore and at this time our investigations have revealed that most issues relating to Internet Explorer in particular will result in the browser closing unexpectedly," Microsoft's public relations agency said Thursday in a statement. "Because of their nature, most of these issues will more likely be resolved through a service pack release rather than a security update." Microsoft has been busy this month, rushing out an emergency, "out-of-cycle" fix for a flaw in Internet Explorer's Vector Markup Language (VML) rendering engine that was being widely exploited by attackers. Microsoft has even more work ahead of it, according to Moore. In early August, he handed Microsoft another 70 bugs that he had not publicly disclosed. Still, he believes that more of his flaws should have been fixed by now. "I was kind of amused that they would do an out-of-cycle patch for the VML bug, but would let all of these lapse," he said. Microsoft has told him that at least four of his bugs are "exploitable issues," meaning that an attacker could take advantage of them to run unauthorized software on a victim's computer, Moore said. Earlier this week, SymantecÂ said that Microsoft was the slowest of the major browser-makers at patching its bugs during the first half of this year. But according to Symantec's numbers, Microsoft patched IE bugs, on average, nine days after the public disclosure of a flaw. Most of the 22 Month of Browser Bugs flaws have been in public for two months now.
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An Internet Explorer vulnerability first reported yesterday is already getting a workout. Malware utilizing the hole for installation is turning up on various Russian porn sites, with more trouble expected.
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In brief Exploit circulating for unpatched vuln
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Third-party fix plugs a recently discovered browser flaw that's increasingly being exploited in cyberattacks.
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A flaw in the way the Firefox and Opera browsers handle an image file could allow an attacker to see what Web sites a person has visited.
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Drive-by downloads Hackers are taking advantage of a new, unpatched Internet Explorer vulnerability to infect users visiting pornographic websites.â¦
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A vulnerability, which has been detected in Microsoft&#39;s flagship Internet Explorer, can be exploited by malicious users to conduct cross-site scripting attacks.