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Big hole unearthed in IE6
Posted on Tuesday, March 21, 2006 @ 14:31:12 CET
Topic: Microsoft
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 A Dutch Web developer has discovered a vulnerability in Microsoft’s Internet Explorer (IE) 6 Web browser that could allow a PC to be taken over after a user is lured to a malicious Web site.
Microsoft has reproduced the vulnerability and is analysing the problem, said Jeffrey Van der Stad, who briefly describes the flaw on his Web site.
The vulnerability lies in how IE 6 handles so-called HTAs, or HTML (Hypertext Markup Language) applications. Van der Stad found a way to execute HTAs without end-user approval. The vulnerability exists in IE 6 for Windows 98, Windows XP Pro, Windows XP Media Center Edition and Windows 2003 Server (Standard), he said.
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