Secunia Security Advisory - Ronald van den Heetkamp has discovered a weakness in Internet Explorer, which potentially can be exploited by malicious people to disclose sensitive information.
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TITLE:
Internet Explorer "OnKeyDown" Event Focus Weakness
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA27007
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/27007/
CRITICAL:
Not critical
IMPACT:
Exposure of sensitive information
WHERE:
>From remote
SOFTWARE:
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.x
http://secunia.com/product/11/
DESCRIPTION:
Ronald van den Heetkamp has discovered a weakness in Internet
Explorer, which potentially can be exploited by malicious people to
disclose sensitive information.
For more information:
SA25904
The weakness is confirmed in Internet Explorer 6.0 on a fully-patched
Windows XP SP2 system. Other versions may also be affected.
SOLUTION:
Disable Active Scripting support.
Do not enter suspicious text when visiting untrusted web sites.
PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Ronald van den Heetkamp
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.0x000000.com/index.php?i=437
OTHER REFERENCES:
SA25904:
http://secunia.com/advisories/25904/
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