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Re: Six Step IE Remote Compromise Cache Attack
From: Seth Arnold <sarnold () wirex com>
Date: Wed, 5 Nov 2003 15:25:25 -0800
On Wed, Nov 05, 2003 at 02:23:29PM -0800, Thor Larholm wrote:
There are no new vulnerabilities or techniques highlighted in this attack (which is what it is), just a combination of several already known vulnerabilities.
I think that the engineering-for-security discipline is still in its infancy. Part of the growth of the discipline is going beyond the simple boring problems into complex chains of apparently harmless problems combining to make real problems. I think this is a valid claim in this case -- if some of the problems really are known for more than two years without fixes, then I can only draw the conclusion that either (a) they fell through the cracks or (b) they were deemed apparently harmless. I don't have much faith in (a), in large part because of your late, lamented, and missed Unpatched IE Vulnerabilities page. That leads me to conclude that the original poster has come up with a slick way of exploiting the complexity of the software -- which should introduce discussion about how to properly handle the complexity of the software. Thanks -- And for the love of God, would people PLEASE not use Lotus Notes or Outlook/Exchange's "Out of Office Autoreply" on mail lists? Contact your mail administrator for details how to do something more appropriate. Thanks.
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- RE: Six Step IE Remote Compromise Cache Attack white colin john (Nov 05)
- RE: Six Step IE Remote Compromise Cache Attack Tyler Larson (Nov 06)
- Re: Six Step IE Remote Compromise Cache Attack Florian Weimer (Nov 07)
- Re: Six Step IE Remote Compromise Cache Attack Florian Weimer (Nov 05)
- Re: Six Step IE Remote Compromise Cache Attack Seth Arnold (Nov 05)
- Re: Six Step IE Remote Compromise Cache Attack Jelmer (Nov 06)
- RE: Six Step IE Remote Compromise Cache Attack Thor Larholm (Nov 05)
- RE: Six Step IE Remote Compromise Cache Attack Paul Szabo (Nov 05)
- RE: Six Step IE Remote Compromise Cache Attack Drew Copley (Nov 06)
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- Re: RE: Six Step IE Remote Compromise Cache Attack Steven M. Christey (Nov 06)
- Re: RE: Six Step IE Remote Compromise Cache Attack Paul Schmehl (Nov 06)
- RE: Six Step IE Remote Compromise Cache Attack Steven M. Christey (Nov 07)
- Re: Six Step IE Remote Compromise Cache Attack Goetz Babin-Ebell (Nov 10)
- Re: Six Step IE Remote Compromise Cache Attack Byron Sonne (Nov 10)
- Re: Six Step IE Remote Compromise Cache Attack Goetz Babin-Ebell (Nov 10)