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Security firm: We have bypassed Microsoft's IE6-8 "Fix it" patch
Posted by Philipp Esselbach on: 01/05/2013 11:46 AM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ]
A security firm claims to have found a way to bypass Microsoft's "Fix It" Patch for Internet Explorer 6, 7 and 8 which would allow the exploit that the patch closes to be used by hackers.
From Neowin:
Security firm: We have bypassed Microsoft's IE6-8 "Fix it" patch
Exodus Intelligence's blog site claims that it took less than a day of work to find issues with the patch. It added, " .... we were able to bypass the fix and compromise a fully-patched system with a variation of the exploit we developed earlier this week." The company says it plans to release its findings to Microsoft.
The "day zero" problem with IE6-8 was first discovered when hackers attacked the website of the Council on Foreign Relations last week and caused that site to host malicious content. The content was released as a heap spray attack conducted via Adobe Flash. As we have previously noted, this browser issue does not affect IE9 or IE10.
The "day zero" problem with IE6-8 was first discovered when hackers attacked the website of the Council on Foreign Relations last week and caused that site to host malicious content. The content was released as a heap spray attack conducted via Adobe Flash. As we have previously noted, this browser issue does not affect IE9 or IE10.
Security firm: We have bypassed Microsoft's IE6-8 "Fix it" patch
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