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Secunia warns of browser vulnerabilities

Telecomworldwire, May 18, 2004

TELECOMWORLDWIRE-18 May 2004-Secunia warns of browser vulnerabilities(C)1994-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD http://www.m2.com

Computer security company Secunia has issued a warning over a new vulnerability that it has found in the Safari 1.x and Internet Explorer 5.x Internet browsers.

The security vulnerability could reportedly be used by web sites to compromise a machine by placing files - including script files - in a known location on a user's system. This is made possible because the "help" URI handler allows the execution of local scripts via the classic directory transversal character sequence, according to the company.

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Secunia recommends that users change the default browser setting so that files are not automatically opened after they are downloaded, they do not go online as a "privileged user" and that they rename the help handler.

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