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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