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Re: First IE7 Security Flaw Found


From: Juha-Matti Laurio <juha-matti.laurio () netti fi>
Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2006 02:59:37 +0300 (EEST)

If this posting is pointing to the Secunia test URL it was public in April already, when PoC from 'codedreamer' was 
published. Secunia guys published the URL mentioned via
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/secunia/2006-q2/0357.html

- Juha-Matti


Ron <iago () valhallalegends com> wrote:

> Less than 24 hours after the launch of Internet Explorer 7, security
> researchers are poking holes in the new browser.

Response from Microsoft:
http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2006/10/19/information-on-reports-of-ie-7-vulnerability.aspx

Apparently it's a flaw in Outlook Express, and IE7 is just a vector.

Still funny that it took less than 24 hours till the first exploit,
though :)

Ron

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