Critical Flaws In IE And Outlook Discovered

KingFishKingFish
edited April 2005 in Science & Tech
A new set of highly critical flaws has been discovered in Microsoft's Internet Explorer and Outlook programs, according to research company eEye Digital Security.
The vulnerabilities allow for remote code execution with no actions from the computer user, eEye said. Although the flaws would not allow self-propagating worms to infiltrate a system, there is the potential of attackers installing backdoor Trojans without a person's knowledge, Ben Nagy, an eEye senior security engineer, said Friday.

"If a user is tricked (into going) to a site carrying malicious code, they can become infected by just surfing across a banner ad," Nagy said.

eEye notified Microsoft several days ago of the flaws in the default installation of Outlook and IE and is giving the software giant time to develop a patch before releasing details on which versions of the software are affected, Nagy said.
Source: c|net

Comments

  • QCHQCH Ancient Guru Chicago Area - USA Icrontian
    edited April 2005
    Is this new news or old news? Oh, it's new but the same old story.... yet more patches. I WAS a bit lonely last month without any MS patches.... April 15th, here I come!!!

    :rolleyes:
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