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Six new security flaws found in IE

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CIOL Bureau
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Microsoft issued a warning that the Internet Explorer browser contains no

less than six newly discovered flaws that could give hackers access to personal

information about computer users, even change the information. Some of the flaws

were termed "critical" by Microsoft. The software giant said it has

already made patches available for the flaws in Explorer 5.01, 5.5 and 6.0.

(patches can be found at www.microsoft.com/security).

Some of the flaws could allow hackers to view files on a user's computer hard

drive. Others exploit vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer's "cross-site

scripting'' capabilities - which allow scripts from one Web page to legitimately

manipulate another - and may permit the same access by a rogue site. Another

flaw attacks the software's handling of "cookies" and may allow

hackers to view and even change information on cookies.

security program manager Christopher Budd, with the Microsoft Security

Response Center his group is not aware of any direct problems resulting from the

flaws. But to be on the safe side, Budd urged users not to ignore the potential

problems and to download the patch.

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