Six new vulnerabilities found in Microsoft's Internet Explorer!

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Six new vulnerabilities found in Microsoft's Internet Explorer!

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This question was answered on May 17, 2002. Much of the information contained herein may have changed since posting.

Six new vulnerabilities, the most serious of which could allow code of the attacker's choice to run on machines that are running unpatched versions of Internet Explorer.

Microsoft has rated this a 'Critical' update and recommends consumers using the affected versions of IE should install the patch immediately.

Affected versions are:

Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01

Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0

To get the latest patches for this vulnerability, go to:

>http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/downloads/critical/Q321232/default.asp</b>

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Posted by Ken of Data Doctors on May 17, 2002