Workaround Available for "Javascript Redirect" Vulnerability

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              AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
                             
           ESB-1999.156 -- Microsoft Security Bulletin (MS99-043)
        Workaround Available for "Javascript Redirect" Vulnerability
                              20 October 1999

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Microsoft Corporation has released the following security bulletin
concerning a vulnerability in Internet Explorer 4.01 and 5.  A
webpage may be crafted which bypasses cross-domain data access
restrictions via a redirect to a Javascript applet.  This vulnerability
may allow a malicious web site operator to read files on the visiting
browser's computer.  A workaround has been provided by Microsoft
to eliminate this vulnerability and a patch is under development:

       http://www.microsoft.com/Security/Bulletins/MS99-043.asp


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Microsoft Corporation directly.

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