by Julie Bort

Code posted for IE attack

Analysis

Mar 27, 20071 min

New software has been published on the Internet that could be used to exploit a known flaw in Internet Explorer.

The code, which was posted Monday to the Milw0rm.com Web site, exploits a recently patched flaw in Microsoft’s browser. It could be used to run unauthorized software on a computer that was not updated with the latest Microsoft patches, security experts warn.

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by Julie Bort

Julie is also author of Building an Extranet (Wiley, 1997).

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