XP security hole uplddrvinfo.htm

[lists.netsys.com () jscript dk (Thor Larholm)]

> From: "Paul Tinsley" <Paul.Tinsley () phyve com>
> Excerpt from Gibson Research (http://grc.com/default.htm)
> Attention Windows XP Users
>
> This vulnerability allows the files contained in any specified directory
> on your system to be deleted if you click on a specially formed URL.

Credit due where credit is, Steve really should be crediting Shane Hird who
discovered this vulnerability.

You can see his post here:

http://cert.uni-stuttgart.de/archive/bugtraq/2002/08/msg00224.html

And you can try a proof-of-concept here:

http://jscript.dk/2002/8/sec/xphelpdelete.html

And you can see all of the 20 publicly known unpatched vulnerabilities in
Internet Explorer here:

http://www.pivx.com/larholm/unpatched/