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IE8 ActiveX Improvements

2008-05-10 08:13:07 by Editor in Cheap Hack
 
...ActiveX improvements in Internet Explorer 8. Some of the blog is about old features, but there are some new ones: Per-User (Non-Admin) ActiveX, available only on Vista, means that it's possible for users to install an ActiveX control only for their own user context, not for the machine. It sounds like this will be on by default, but...
 
Tags: activex, control, site, activex control, per-site activex, activex improvements, user context, context, blog entry
 
 
 
 
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Remote Code Execution Vulnerability In The ActiveX Control For The Microsoft Access Snapshot Viewer Added Into Neosploit

2008-07-19 17:12:33 by CyberInsecure in CyberInsecure.com
 
...ActiveX control. Microsoft began investigating active, targeted attacks leveraging this potential vulnerability. Recently, Symantec honeypots began detecting the vulnerability in the Access Snapshot Viewer ActiveX control exploited in a Neosploit wrapper. The Neosploit toolkit is an advanced
 
Tags: microsoft, vulnerability, potential vulnerability, weeks ago microsoft, neosploit toolkit, symantec honeypots, neosploit wrapper, security bulletin, recently
 
 
 
 
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Critical flaws found in MySpace, Facebook ActiveX controls

2008-01-31 00:00:00 by HASH0x8b233bc in Network World on Security
 
Bugs in the ActiveX controls on popular social networking sites Facebook and MySpace can be used by hackers to snatch control of Windows PCs, security experts said Thursday
 
Tags: activex controls, windows pcs, security experts, popular social, snatch control, sites facebook, myspace, bugs, thursday
 
 
 
 
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Attackers zero in on Yahoo Jukebox ActiveX flaw

2008-02-06 00:00:00 by Robert McMillan in Network World on Security
 
Just one day after hackers showed how to exploit a number of flaws in the ActiveX software used by Internet Explorer, Symantec has spotted online criminals using one of the attacks
 
Tags: online criminals, internet explorer, activex software, attacks, symantec, exploit, flaws, day, hackers
 
 
 
 
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Research fingers ActiveX, QuickTime as buggiest browser plug-ins

2008-04-11 13:00:00 by Editor in Computerworld Security News
 
Microsoft's ActiveX technology, which is primarily used to create add-ins for Internet Explorer, accounted for the vast majority of browser plug-in vulnerabilities in the second half of 2007, according to Symantec
 
Tags: browser plug-in vulnerabilities, activex technology, internet explorer, vast majority, half, symantec, primarily, microsoft, add-ins
 
 
 
 
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Microsoft Office Snapshot Viewer ActiveX Control Vulnerability

2008-07-08 05:28:12 by CyberInsecure in CyberInsecure.com
 
...ActiveX control contains a vulnerability, which can allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to download arbitrary files to arbitrary locations. An attacker could exploit the vulnerability by constructing a specially crafted Web page. When a user views the Web page, the vulnerability could allow remote code execution. An attacker who...
 
Tags: vulnerability, remote code execution, web page, remote, download arbitrary files, attacker, arbitrary locations, user views, exploit
 
 
 
 
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The Neosploit Malware Kit Updated with Snapshot ActiveX Exploit

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2008-07-15 17:18:32 by Dancho Danchev in Dancho Danchev's Blog - Mind Streams of Information Security Knowledge
...ActiveX Control Arbitrary File Download Vulnerability (BID 30114). Before this event, this exploit was known to be used only in isolated attacks. Further analysis of these honeypot compromises has revealed that the exploit has been added to a variant of the neosploit exploit kit, it will very likely reach a larger number of victims. This...
 
Tags: neosploit malware kit, malware kit, nuclear malware kit, kit, metaphisher malware kit, icepack malware kit, nuclear grabber kit, apophis kit, neosploit exploit kit
 
 
 
 
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DIY Exploit Embedding Tool - A Proprietary Release

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2008-04-28 04:45:00 by HASH0x8ae3bb8 in Dancho Danchev's Blog - Mind Streams of Information Security Knowledge
...ActiveX Macrovision Installshield ActiveX MySpace Uploader ActiveX Symantec BackupExec ActiveX Yahoo! JukeBox ActiveX Microsoft Works ActiveX (0day Microsoft Internet Explorer MS06-014 (MDAC Microsoft Internet Explorer MS07-009 Facebook Uploader ActiveX Microsoft DirectSpeechSynthesis ActiveX Realplayer ActiveX WinZip FileView ActiveX Yahoo...
 
Tags: activex, myspace uploader activex, jukebox activex, winzip fileview activex, symantec backupexec activex, realplayer activex, facebook uploader activex, tools, tools continue
 
 
 
 
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Internet Explorer security levels compared

2008-09-17 00:19:36 by Steve Riley in Steve Riley on Security
 
...ActiveX controls and plug-ins H MH M ML L Allow previously unused ActiveX controls to run without prompt D D E E E Allow scriptlets D D D E E Automatic prompting for ActiveX controls D D D E E Binary and script behaviors D E E E E Display video and animation on a Web page that doesn't use an external media player D D D D D Download signed...
 
Tags: script behaviors, script, script activex controls, activex controls, net framework, net, zone, content zone, content