I went to the link and did not see a DOS box. Using IE 5.50 unpatched. Mike
-----Original Message----- From: Todd [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2002 11:37 AM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: IE Security Hole OK .. it can open programs, but can it pass parameters to make that program do anything? Todd Ashworth Macromedia Certified Professional Web Application Developer SCD, Inc. Oak Hill Business Park Suite H 8848 Red Oak Blvd. Charlotte, NC 28217 704-523-0905 [178] (Voice) www.scdinc.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nick McClure" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2002 11:04 AM Subject: IE Security Hole > Just got this over the wire thought you might be interested: > > Have you all done all the IE security updates? Are we wasting our time? > Read below. > I thought you might be interested in trying this and then see your hair > stand out. When I tried it just now (Wednesday Feb 27, 11am) it still > worked. It's real too, yikes. This web page opens up a DOS box on your > computer. Someone really interested in destruction would be able to wreak > havoc on everyone visiting them. Or, cracked sites might be equipped with > this doozy on their home page and all their visitors just beheaded. I'm > not sure how you could protect your users against this kind of attack. > Suggestions anyone? > > http://www.w2knews.com/rd/rd.cfm?id=020228TB-Scary&mid=9935747421930657 ______________________________________________________________________ Macromedia ColdFusion 5 Training from the Source Step by Step ColdFusion http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0201758474/houseoffusion Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
