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Microsoft Confirms Code Execution Hole in IE

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Posted 30 June 2005 - 11:02 PM

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By Ryan Naraine
June 30, 2005 

Microsoft late Thursday confirmed a security flaw in its dominant Internet Explorer browser could be potentially exploited by malicious hackers to take "take complete control of the affected system."

The software giant released a security advisory acknowledging the vulnerability and recommended that IE users set Internet and local intranet security zone settings to "High" before running ActiveX controls in these zones.


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