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Information Technology News Microsoft IE holes can give attackers complete control: McAfee
Information Technology News Microsoft IE holes can give attackers complete control: McAfee | Microsoft IE holes can give attackers complete control: McAfee |
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| by Stan Beer | |
| Wednesday, 12 April 2006 | |
  
Today's bulletins cover a total of 15 vulnerabilities -- 10 vulnerabilities affecting Microsoft Internet Explorer, two vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows Explorer and one vulnerability in Microsoft Outlook Express, MDAC and Microsoft FrontPage. An attacker who successfully exploited the most severe of these vulnerabilities could take complete control of the client workstation, according to McAfee. The attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights. "Among the Microsoft vulnerabilities announced today, two out of the ten Internet Explorer vulnerabilities have already been exploited and four more were previously disclosed," said Monty Ijzerman, senior manager of the Global Threat Group for McAfee AVERT Labs. "While there is the potential for further exploits targeting the Internet Explorer vulnerabilities, the vulnerability in the Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC) also poses a serious concern. It can be exploited with minimal social engineering, requiring no user interaction other than simply visiting a malicious Web site."{moscomment} |
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