Patch Available for "DHTML Edit" Vulnerability

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              AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
                             
                 ESB-1999.056 -- MS99-011 Security Bulletin
               Patch Available for "DHTML Edit" Vulnerability
                                22 April 1999

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Microsoft Corporation has released the following security bulletin
concerning a vulnerability in the DHTML Edit ActiveX control that is
distributed with Internet Explorer 5 and can be downloaded for use in
Internet Explorer 4.0.  This vulnerability could allow a malicious web
site operator to read information that a user had loaded into the control,
and it also could allow files with known names to be copied from the user's
local hard drive.

       http://www.microsoft.com/security/bulletins/ms99-011.asp

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This security bulletin is provided as a service to AusCERT's members.
As AusCERT did not write the document referenced above, AusCERT has
had no control over its content.  The decision to use any or all
of this information is the responsibility of each user or organisation,
and should be done so in accordance with site policies and procedures.

If you have any questions or need further information, please contact 
Microsoft Corporation directly.

Previous advisories and external security bulletins can be retrieved from:

	http://www.auscert.org.au/Information/advisories.html

If you believe that your system has been compromised, contact AusCERT or
your representative in FIRST (Forum of Incident Response and Security
Teams).

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