Vulnerability reported in IE

Posted by Virus Bulletin on Sep 15, 2006

ActiveX flaw opens another hole in MS browser.

Yet another bug has been found in Microsoft's browser Internet Explorer, only days after a previous problem was patched for the third time.

The issue, in the ActiveX controls, could allow for remote code execution, and could be used to set up drive-by downloads from malicious websites. Users can protect themselves by not allowing untrusted sites to run ActiveX.

The bug was first reported by the XSec website. A Secunia alert is here.

Posted on 16 September 2006 by Virus Bulletin

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