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A UK group of hackers has published a zero-day exploit which puts means IE users only have to visit a site to be attacked.
Computer Terrorism's exploit allows a remote hacker to take complete control of a Windows system.
To prove Computer Terrorism's system worked, it posted a proof-of-concept exploit, available here, which launches the Windows Calculator.
The flaw is based on a Javascript Window() vulnerability which Microsoft has known about for several months. However Vole has been mistakenly treating it as a low-priority denial-of-service flaw, a spokesComputer Terrorist said.
The exploit works on fully patched Windows XP systems with default IE installations and could be good-night Vienna to anyone using the Microsoft browser.
Full article: theinquirer.net/?article=27850
Computer Terrorism's exploit allows a remote hacker to take complete control of a Windows system.
To prove Computer Terrorism's system worked, it posted a proof-of-concept exploit, available here, which launches the Windows Calculator.
The flaw is based on a Javascript Window() vulnerability which Microsoft has known about for several months. However Vole has been mistakenly treating it as a low-priority denial-of-service flaw, a spokesComputer Terrorist said.
The exploit works on fully patched Windows XP systems with default IE installations and could be good-night Vienna to anyone using the Microsoft browser.
Full article: theinquirer.net/?article=27850
