Chinese team mistakenly released unpatched IE7 exploit

Discussion in 'other security issues & news' started by Thankful, Dec 11, 2008.

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  1. Thankful

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    I wonder if this also affects IE6?
     
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    From the article:

    Those who frequent the 'Other Anti-malware software' forum here at Wilders know that there are a number of solutions which will easily block this type of exploit, which attempts to download the trojan executable mentioned. See here for an analysis of the exploit:


    0-day exploit for Internet Explorer in the wild
    http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=5458


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