IE Flaw Puts Windows XP SP2 at Risk
Posted by malebolgia on 16 September 2005 - 21:00 · 22 comments & 1542 views
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#1 Posted by ripgut on 16 Sep 2005 - 21:14
- another day another flaw......
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#1.1 Posted by SquareSoft0 on 16 Sep 2005 - 23:35
- Your comment is greatly appreciated and you are a valued member of this community.
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#1.2 Posted by toadeater on 17 Sep 2005 - 00:18
- I appreciated it too. Keep up the good work Ripgut. Anything that gets Microsoft to clean up its act is a valuable service to this community.
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#1.3 Posted by Fark on 17 Sep 2005 - 10:38
- you two are just waiting for an argument aren't you?
leave the guy alone, his comment wasn't open for flaming. -
#1.4 Posted by GamblerFEXonlin on 17 Sep 2005 - 16:55
- As they say it takes two to start a brawl so if you keep from posting any provocative or sarcastic replies there will never be no problems.
But you are right it wasn't a very useful post though. -
#1.5 Posted by SquareSoft0 on 18 Sep 2005 - 05:18
- Know what's funny Fark? Toadeater wasn't sarcastic, he really is that deluded, sadly.
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#2 Posted by Sqube on 16 Sep 2005 - 21:20
- Aren't we getting to the point where reporting on Windows vulnerabilities is pointless?
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#3 Posted by exobot on 16 Sep 2005 - 21:32
- We reached that point a long time ago, yet for some odd reason, they are still considered 'news'.
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#4 Posted by mad_onion on 16 Sep 2005 - 21:37
- yeah is it really classified as news now, theres a lot more vulnerabiliets than there are things to exploit them. mabye just post news when there is an exploit? we get it software has vulnerabilties we dont need to be told everyday
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#5 Posted by Laser_iCE on 16 Sep 2005 - 22:37
- Maybe Neowin should set up a section called Windows Patches.
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#6 Posted by J_R_G on 17 Sep 2005 - 03:16
- What a lame me too post. "Everyone else bashes windows so I will too!!" Get some originality, or am I insulting your religion? Oh btw, didn't apple just have 40 or so security patches recently and firefox had a bunch too. This is getting so old.
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#7 Posted by Jeremy1 on 17 Sep 2005 - 06:34
- with some level of end-user intervention
That right there is the key, and is what makes this not quite as big a deal as some would think. -
#7.1 Posted by Echelon Left on 17 Sep 2005 - 13:43
- So, don't use IE and switch to a different browser. Don't use IE? You're not affected by this latest flaw.
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#7.2 Posted by Jeremy1 on 17 Sep 2005 - 18:38
- Or, don't click "Install" when the box comes up asking you to install "YOU MUST CLICK INSTALL TO CONTINUE___________________LatestExploit.exe"
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#8 Posted by shmengie on 17 Sep 2005 - 17:04
- has anyone here ever actually been attacked by one of these "...vulnerability which could allow an attacker to take control of your system..."? i never have. and my less-knowledable friends and family never have. has anyone?
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#8.1 Posted by amrinders87 on 18 Sep 2005 - 03:57
- Thats what I am wondering. I mean, I used IE for a very long time and never had any problems.
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#9 Posted by mr_demilord on 17 Sep 2005 - 18:35
- <snip> This IS news.
Last edited by 12010 on 17 Sep 2005 - 19:52
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#10 Posted by justlooking on 17 Sep 2005 - 18:51
- I used IE for 3 years before FF and I don't recall anyone taking control of my machine EVER even though there seem to be 2 million vulnerabilities. I'm getting sick of theoretical vulnerabilities and bashers gleefully reporting them.
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#11 Posted by King Rilian on 17 Sep 2005 - 19:50
- Oops, wrong news article. Ignore this.
The flaw, which also affects systems running Windows XP, is found in the default installations of Microsoft's IE, according to an advisory released by the security company on Thursday. "The flaw is not wormable but allows for the remote execution (of code) with some level of end-user intervention," said Mike Puterbaugh, eEye's senior director of product marketing. The discovery of this IE flaw comes just over a month after Microsoft issued a cumulative patch addressing three vulnerabilities for IE.
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