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Secunia Security Advisory 19378

Secunia Security Advisory 19378
Posted Mar 28, 2006
Authored by Secunia | Site secunia.com

Secunia Security Advisory - Jeffrey van der Stad has reported a vulnerability in Internet Explorer, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.

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Secunia Security Advisory 19378

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TITLE:
Internet Explorer Unspecified Automatic .HTA Application Execution

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA19378

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/19378/

CRITICAL:
Highly critical

IMPACT:
System access

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.x
http://secunia.com/product/11/

DESCRIPTION:
Jeffrey van der Stad has reported a vulnerability in Internet
Explorer, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a
user's system.

The vulnerability is caused due to an unspecified error when handling
.HTA applications and allows execution of the .HTA application on the
user's system without any user interaction when e.g. visiting a
malicious web site.

The vulnerability has been reported in Internet Explorer 6.0. Other
versions may also be affected.

SOLUTION:
Do not visit untrusted web sites.

Disabling Active Scripting support may prevent exploitation, but has
not been proven.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Jeffrey van der Stad

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://jeffrey.vanderstad.net/grasshopper/

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About:
This Advisory was delivered by Secunia as a free service to help
everybody keeping their systems up to date against the latest
vulnerabilities.

Subscribe:
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Definitions: (Criticality, Where etc.)
http://secunia.com/about_secunia_advisories/


Please Note:
Secunia recommends that you verify all advisories you receive by
clicking the link.
Secunia NEVER sends attached files with advisories.
Secunia does not advise people to install third party patches, only
use those supplied by the vendor.

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