New IE activex vulnerability (10)
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is this the new ie? the brand new one? just curious, as a friend actually uses it, lol...
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This is both the last IE stable, and RC1 of their newest beta confirmed, + there are older versions that haven't yet been tested - yes.
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I should just start a thread on windows vulnerabilities.. there's 2 more that broke just this morning - should have checked mail before posting initially.
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I still have Windows Me. I wanted to download that new Windows Media Player 7, waaah. It is only for XP.
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I tried installing Red Hat Nine. I was totally lost, lol.
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You don't want WMP 7, this is why:
(cited from George Guninski's website)
Description:
There is a security vulnerability in Windows Media Player 7 exploitable thru IE and java which allows reading local files and browsing directories which in turn allows executing arbitrary programs. This may lead to taking full control over user's computer.
(cited from George Guninski's website)
Description:
There is a security vulnerability in Windows Media Player 7 exploitable thru IE and java which allows reading local files and browsing directories which in turn allows executing arbitrary programs. This may lead to taking full control over user's computer.
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If you want to go with a *nix flavor, I recommend Fedora above all else, due to the way the kernel is done. It's quite secure and is the only *nix flavor I really trust on a box exposed to the web.
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I am still trying to find what became of the organic processor. I thought the teacher was kidding when I first heard it. It isn't like a cyborg but something they grow in a culture. It must still be in the planning process. We laughed about it in class because we thought you could just feed it. But he was serious.
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18th September 2006
Security experts warn a new, unpatched vulnerability in Internet
Explorer might be used to spread malware. A flaw in Microsoft's Direct
Animation Path (daxctle.ocx) ActiveX control, rated as critical by
Secunia and other security watchers, has spawned proof of concept code
but has not yet become the subject of widespread, hostile attack.
Memory corruption is possible even on a fully patched Windows XP
system.
A patch is unlikely until next month's Patch Tuesday update. Microsoft
said it was investigating the problem. Surfers are advised to restrict
which sites they allow to run ActiveX controls or here ActiveX
controls altogether. Tech-savvy IE users might try a workaround from
the SANS Institutes's Internet Storm Centre, as explained here. A
simpler solution, at least until Microsoft releases a patch, might be
to use Firefox, Opera or all any other alternative browser.