Microsoft probes new Explorer holes [View All]

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<http://money.cnn.com/2003/11/28/technology/microsoft.reut/>

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp. is investigating a report of seven new security holes in its Internet Explorer browser discovered by a Chinese researcher, a company spokesman said on Friday.

The spokesman said Microsoft (MSFT: Research, Estimates) is not aware of anyone actively exploiting the holes or of any impact on customers.

Two holes are critical and could allow an attacker to run a program that would delete files, crash the machine or take control of it from a remote location, said Russ Cooper of TruSecure Corp. who edits the NTBugTraq e-mail list.

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I'd bet money MS leaves holes like these open, mandated by the US government burried in fine print some wherr in the legal settlements.