Security Advisory

Microsoft Security Advisory 911302

Vulnerability in the way Internet Explorer Handles Mismatched Document Object Model Objects Could Allow Remote Code Execution.

Published: November 21, 2005 | Updated: December 13, 2005

Microsoft has completed the investigation into a public report of a vulnerability. We have issued a security bulletin to address this issue. For more information about this issue, including download links for an available security update, please review the security bulletin.

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Revisions:

  • November 21, 2005: Advisory published
  • November 22, 2005: Updated the title, clarified affected software, and updated workaround “Set Internet and Local intranet security zone settings to ‘High’ to prompt before running Active Scripting in these zones”.
  • November 29, 2005: Added information regarding proof of concept code, malicious software, and reference to Windows Live Safety Center.
  • December 13, 2005: Advisory updated to reference released security bulletin.

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