Microsoft issues Safari-to-IE blended threat warning
May 31, 2008 (Saturday) | Internet Browsers
Microsoft has issued a formal security advisory with a confirmation of public warnings that the Safari "carpet bombing" vulnerability presents a remote code execution threat on all supported editions of Windows XP and Windows Vista. The pre-patch advisory from Redmond follows public pressure from the Google-backed StopBadware.org for Apple to rethink its stance that the Safari issue should be considered a serious security vulnerability. From the Microsoft advisory: A combination of the default download location in Safari and how the Windows desktop handles executables creates a blended threat in which files may be downloaded to a user
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