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Exploit for unpatched IE vuln fuels hacker fears
John Leyden, The Register 2005-08-19

Microsoft is investigating an IE [a href="http://secunia.com/advisories/16480"]security bug[/a] amid fears that a hacker attack based on the vulnerability is imminent. A flaw in Microsoft DDS Library Shape Control COM object (msdds.dll) is at the centre of the security flap.

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Exploit for unpatched IE vuln fuels hacker fears 2005-08-20
Anonymous
"Microsoft has criticised the "irresponsible" way the vulnerability came to light."

The vulnerability would have been kept quiet by Microsoft forever if they hadn't been forced to admit/disclose it.

Mike

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