[LINK] Security Advisory

[Jan Whitaker]

At 03:18 PM 4/02/2010, James Collins wrote:

>"Bill Gates loses access to secret Windows Back Door"
>
>http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/980088.mspx

"Our investigation so far has shown that if a user is using a version 
of Internet Explorer that is not running in Protected Mode an 
attacker may be able to access files with an already known filename 
and location. These versions include Internet Explorer 5.01 Service 
Pack 4 on Microsoft Windows 2000 Service 4; Internet Explorer 6 
Service Pack 1 on Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 4; and Internet 
Explorer 6, Internet Explorer 7, and Internet Explorer 8 on supported 
editions of Windows XP Service Pack 2, Windows XP Service Pack 3, and 
Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2. Protected Mode prevents 
exploitation of this vulnerability and is running by default for 
versions of Internet Explorer on Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, 
Windows 7, and Windows Server 2008. "

They'd be better off listing only those *not* affected. Sheesh!

Jan



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