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Second unpatched ActiveX bug hits IE
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| Scallywags are using an unpatched vulnerability in an ActiveX component to
| distribute malware, Microsoft warned on Monday. The development adds to
| already pressing unresolved Internet Explorer security bug woes.
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| No patch is available for the Office Web Components ActiveX security hole,
| although there are workarounds which can be automated for enterprise
| rollouts. The flawed component is used by IE to display Excel spreadsheets,
| greatly increasing the scope for mischief. Win XP and Win 2003 systems are
| particularly at risk, while the additional security controls in Vista cover
| Microsoft's modesty.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/07/14/unpatched_activex_bug/
Microsoft Keeps Beating a Dead Browser
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| The question is why? If the destination is what matters, why does Microsoft
| care so deeply what browser people use to get there? Maybe this: Unless Bing
| is the browser's default search engine, no one will go there after the
| novelty wears off. That's probably enough to make anyone at Microsoft lose
| their lunch.
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http://www.pcworld.com/article/167862/microsoft_keeps_beating_a_dead_browser.html?tk=rss_news
“At Microsoft I learned the truth about ActiveX and COM and I got very
interested in it inmediately [sic].”
--Miguel de Icaza
Recent:
ActiveX Regulations in South Korea (revisited)
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| ActiveX control is widely used by Internet Explorer to load applications or
| components in Windows. It’s a useful piece of control, but is not without
| issues. In fact, ActiveX is known for security problems.
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| Despite security short-comings, ActiveX had been welcomed into the community
| and flourished. Surprisingly, more so in banks where security is a top
| priority. Believe it or not, ActiveX is so widely used that the South Korean
| government decides to make it compulsory for all banks to have it.
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| Other major browsers have resisted supporting ActiveX. Until now. Google
| Chrome has now decided to support ActiveX, but only in South Korea.
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http://www.mobinode.com/2009/01/16/activex-regulations-in-south-korea-revisited/
ActiveX bugs pose threat to Vista, Microsoft reports
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| Although computers running Windows Vista are significantly less likely to be
| infected with attack code than machines running Windows XP, the newer
| operating system continues to be threatened by Microsoft Corp.'s own ActiveX
| browser plug-in technology, according to a report issued Monday by the
| company.
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http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9118879
Microsoft probing ActiveX attacks targeting Access feature
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| The vulnerability only affects the ActiveX control for the Snapshot Viewer
| for Microsoft Office Access 2000, 2002 and 2003.
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http://news.cnet.com/8301-10784_3-9984823-7.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20
Report: ActiveX, QuickTime are buggiest browser plug-ins
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| Microsoft's technology, primarily used to create add-ins for Internet
| Explorer, accounted for 79 per cent of the 239 plug-in bugs discovered
| between July and December 2007, Symantec said.
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http://www.linuxworld.com.au/index.php?id=1680415280&rid=-50
New Attack Kit Targets Bag of ActiveX Bugs
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| Bugs in ActiveX, a Microsoft technology used most often to create add-ons for
| the company's Internet Explorer (IE) browser, have always been common, but so
| many serious flaws have been disclosed of late that some security experts
| have recommended users do without them.
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http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,144214-pg,1/article.html
Be prepared: ActiveX attacks will persist
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| A recent string of high-profile ActiveX vulnerabilities caused the U.S.
| Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) to advise users to disable the
| ubiquitous Microsoft browser plug-in technology altogether.
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http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/02/19/08NF-activex-horror_1.html
Will Microsoft Change How ActiveX Runs in IE 8?
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| Some security experts, like Will Dormann, a vulnerability analyst at the
| Carnegie Mellon Software Engineering Institute CERT/CC, are calling for
| ActiveX to be disabled from running by default in IE 8.
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| Dormann is telling IE users that they should, from a security perspective,
| disable ActiveX controls from running by default. "It would be nice if this
| is something Microsoft did with the next version of the browser," he said.
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http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Security/Will-Microsoft-Change-How-ActiveX-Runs-in-IE-8/
Related:
Rogue ActiveX controls menace users
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| Flaws in ActiveX controls are being increasingly used to run security
| exploits.
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| [...]
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| An attack exploiting this vulnerability can lead to arbitrary code execution
| by a remote attacker," a blog posting by Symantec researcher Parveen
| Vashishtha warns.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/10/24/activex_vulns/
RealPlayer Attack Circulating
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| The attack exploits a flaw in an ActiveX browser helper object, software that
| RealPlayer employs to help users who are experiencing technical difficulties,
| so the PC must be using the Internet Explorer browser to be affected by this
| particular attack, Symantec said.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20071020/tc_pcworld/138706
Yahoo! battered by second ActiveX vulnerability
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| The vulnerabilities affect versions of Yahoo! Messenger 8.x prior to version
| 8.1.0.419, released late last week. Users are urged to upgrade.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/09/03/yahoo_activex_vuln/
Way Too ActiveX
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| Today, over at Symantec's Security Response Weblog, Greg Ahmad
| reveals startling--and I do mean shocking--increases in ActiveX
| vulnerabilities. According to Symantec, ActiveX vulnerabilities
| stayed in the 12- to- 15-a-year range from 2002 to 2005. For
| 2006, the number of vulnerabilities "reached 50," with 42 in
| the second half of the year--coincidentally, the same time
| period Microsoft finished up and released Internet Explorer 7.
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http://www.microsoft-watch.com/content/security/way_too_activex.html?kc=MWRSS02129TX1K0000535
http://tinyurl.com/33cfno
Acer puts Active X hole on laptops
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| Laptop outfit Acer seems to have placed an Active X control on its
| computers that seems to allow webpages to execute any program.
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| This huge hole in network security has been installed on board Acer
| lap-tops since 1998.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=36773
Adobe Confirms 'Critical' Reader, Acrobat Exploits With IE
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| A critical security vulnerability in an ActiveX control used by
| Internet Explorer could allow malicious hackers to use Adobe's
| Reader and Acrobat software to launch PC hijack attacks,
| according to a warning from Adobe Systems.
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http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,2066079,00.asp
Month of ActiveX bugs project begins with two Office flaws
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| A hacker known as shinnai kicked off his "Month of ActiveX Bugs"
| (MoAxB) project with a bang by exposing a number of severe
| vulnerabilities affecting OCX controls in Microsoft Office.
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http://scmagazine.com/us/news/article/654659/month-activex-bugs-project-begins-two-office-flaws/
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