IE flaw opens door to infection on sight
Published September 6th, 2005
Microsoft has issued alerts on several security flaws in Windows, the most serious of which could allow an attacker to gain control over a computer.
The software maker released six security bulletins on Tuesday as part of its monthly patching cycle, describing three of them as “critical.” The Redmond, Wash.-based company gives that rating to any security issue that could allow a malicious Internet worm to spread without any action required on the part of the user.
One bulletin addresses three vulnerabilities in the Internet Explorer, Microsoft’s widely used Web browser. These issues carry the highest risk of attack out of all the issues fixed, Oliver
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