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[News] [Rival] Windows Enables Intruders to Steal Data, Vista Has Sidebar Vulnerability

  • Subject: [News] [Rival] Windows Enables Intruders to Steal Data, Vista Has Sidebar Vulnerability
  • From: Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2007 12:42:16 +0100
  • Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
  • Organization: Netscape / schestowitz.com
  • User-agent: KNode/0.10.4
New URI browser flaws worse than first thought

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| Security researchers have found that a feature in the Windows OS can allow 
| intruders to steal data from a victim's computer 
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http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/08/15/New-URI-browser-flaws-worse-than-first-thought_1.html

Microsoft Windows Vista Sidebar RSS Feeds Gadget Cross Site Scripting
Vulnerability

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| WORKAROUND
| 
| iDefense is currently unaware of any workarounds for this issue. 
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http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=575


Recent (and unpatched):

Buffer the Overflow Slayer v. the ActiveX Files

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| The vulnerability was discovered by Krystian Kloskowski and is rated
| "highly critical" in this posting on Secunia. It's also discussed here on the 
|  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
| US-Cert website. Proof-of-concept code can be found on MilW0rm here.   
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/08/14/sdk_spreads_vuln_love/

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