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• CNET: Buffer-overflow Bug in IE "Microsoft is urging users of its Internet Explorer browser to download a patch for a newly discovered buffer-overflow security bug. The bug takes advantage of the way some versions of the IE browser handle long strings of JScript code."
• CERT Advisory: Buffer Overflow in Microsoft Internet Explorer Provides an overview and solutions to this vulnerability which, theoretically, affects all applications utilizing the Internet Explorer HTML rendering engine.
• Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.x 5.x - Frame Loop Vulnerability Advisory by USSR: "It is possible to create a malicious webpage that when visited by an IE user all of their system resources are devoured and depending on the system its possible that the machine can even crash and reboot itself."
• Privacy Secrets of MicroSoft's Internet Explorer Security and internet privacy issues of Global Histories, Cookies, and Cache while browsing with Mac Explorer 5.0
• Windows Security Guide: Internet Explorer Descriptions, and patch information, for vulnerabilities affecting various versions of this browser.
• The Register: Three New MS Security Holes - Two Nasty Includes: MSXML may ignore IE security zone settings during a request for data from a Web site; and a VBscript problem which allows an attacker to read files on a victim's local drive, or eavesdrop on his browsing session.
• The Register: Cumulative IE Patch for Maicious Cookies A fairly serious flaw in Internet Explorer which would enable a malicious Web page or e-mail to drop a cookie containing an HTML script on a victim's machine and run it in the 'Local Computer' zone rather than the Internet zone to avoid restrictions has just been patched.
• The Register: IE, Outlook Run Malicious Commands Without Scripting An attacker can run arbitrary commands on Windows machines with a simple bit of HTML, an Israeli security researcher has demonstrated. The exploit will work with IE, Outlook and Outlook Express even if active scripting and ActiveX are disabled in the browser security settings.
• The Register: MS Security Patch Fails on Local Files The MS patch intended to fix a data binding flaw in IE, which enables a script to call executables on your Windows machine using the object tag, does not protect against malicious files launched from a local directory.
• Internet Explorer Security Pro Internet Explorer Security is a utility that customizes aspects of the Internet Explorer Web browser.