October 26, 2006 at 02:26URL spoofing in IE 7: new browser vulnerability from Microsoft
The company Secunia reported the discovery of a new vulnerability in a recently published the final version of Internet Explorer 7 from Microsoft.
A site with malicious code can be passed off as reliable, using a specially crafted web page. While browsing the site, the user will see in the address bar any URL assigned by the attacker, for example, www.microsoft.com .
You can check for vulnerabilities on the test page from Secunia.
This vulnerability once again casts doubt on the anti-phishing protection built into IE 7. Recall that a few hours after the official release of the browser , the first vulnerability was discovered in it .
A site with malicious code can be passed off as reliable, using a specially crafted web page. While browsing the site, the user will see in the address bar any URL assigned by the attacker, for example, www.microsoft.com .
You can check for vulnerabilities on the test page from Secunia.
This vulnerability once again casts doubt on the anti-phishing protection built into IE 7. Recall that a few hours after the official release of the browser , the first vulnerability was discovered in it .