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Internet Explorer "OnKeyDown" Event Focus Weakness Advisory Available in Danish  Advisory Available in German 

Secunia Advisory: SA27007  
Release Date: 2007-09-28
Last Update: 2007-10-02

Critical:
Not critical
Impact: Exposure of sensitive information
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Unpatched

Software:Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.x

CVE reference:CVE-2007-5158 (Secunia mirror)
This advisory is currently marked as unpatched!
- Companies can be alerted when a patch is released!


Description:
Ronald van den Heetkamp has discovered a weakness in Internet Explorer, which potentially can be exploited by malicious people to disclose sensitive information.

For more information:
SA25904

The weakness is confirmed in Internet Explorer 6.0 on a fully-patched Windows XP SP2 system. Other versions may also be affected.

Solution:
Disable Active Scripting support.

Do not enter suspicious text when visiting untrusted web sites.

Provided and/or discovered by:
Ronald van den Heetkamp

Changelog:
2007-10-02: Added CVE reference.

Original Advisory:
http://www.0x000000.com/index.php?i=437

Other References:
SA25904:
http://secunia.com/advisories/25904/


Please note: The information that this Secunia Advisory is based on comes from a third party unless stated otherwise.

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