Why the HELL is anyone STILL using Internet Exploder?


www.theregister.co.uk/2004/08/20/sp2_scripting_vuln/

XP SP2 über patch already needs fixing

By John Leyden
Published Friday 20th August 2004 10:34 GMT

The first new vulnerability affecting Internet Explorer on Windows XP with SP2 has been discovered

The vulnerability allows malicious websites to place an executable file in a user's start-up folder when a user drags or clicks on a program masqueraded as an image. http-equiv of malware.com, a so-called White Hat hacker, has posted a sample exploit which demonstrates security weaknesses in the drag and drop function of IE that give rise to the exploit.

Even though this demo depends on the user performing a drag and drop event, it might be rewritten so a user need only perform a single click on an image instead, according to security firm Secunia.

The vulnerability has been confirmed on a fully patched system with Internet Explorer 6.0 and Microsoft Windows XP SP1/SP2. Users of IE 5.5 and 5.01 are also affected.

Secunia says the "highly critical" vuln could be exploited by attackers to obtain full system access to vulnerable systems. Microsoft has yet to issue a patch, but workarounds are available. Secunia advises users to disable Active Scripting or use an alternative browser to protect themselves from attack.

We've had our own issues with SP2.

Simply installing SP2 (even if you turn the firewall off), breaks our VPN software.  This sucks.

Quoted: We've had our own issues with SP2. Simply installing SP2 (even if you turn the firewall off), breaks our VPN software.  This sucks.

MS issued a SP2 hotfix for this VPN issue.

Not for our VPN solution.

Quoted: Why the HELL is anyone STILL using Internet Exploder?

b/c it's one of the best browsers available?

ANdy

That's why i wait for the "a" release.

I'll tell ya, several times I figured I would try another browser and each time I figured out ALL browsers suck ass, just at different things.

If you're not searching for free warez on questionable sites and clicking on crap you shouldn't, the chances of running into an exploit like this is low.  On the other hand, with other browsers you have to put up with the day to day crap of their suckyness.

Quoted: That's why i wait for the "a" release.

This IS the production release.  I use SUS, so I was able to get the code on the 16th.

Quoted: Quoted: Why the HELL is anyone STILL using Internet Exploder? b/c it's one of the best browsers available?

It's a horrible browser..

Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Why the HELL is anyone STILL using Internet Exploder? b/c it's one of the best browsers available? It's a horrible browser..

Firefox kicks IE's ass in every area  and the official 1.0 release isn't even out yet.

Quoted: Quoted: That's why i wait for the "a" release. This IS the production release.  I use SUS, so I was able to get the code on the 16th.

No. SP2a is what i'm waiting for.