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Microsoft Windows DHTML Edit Control Script Injection Vulnerability

Microsoft Windows DHTML Edit control may be used to carry out cross-domain script injection through Internet Explorer. This issue may allow an attacker to execute malicious script code in a user's browser to facilitate cross-site scripting attacks.

An attacker may be able to steal cookie-based authentication credentials through this vulnerability. Other attacks may be possible as well.

Note: This issue was originally documented as an Internet Explorer vulnerability. Microsoft has reported that this vulnerability is an operating system issue and has released appropriate operating system fixes.