curtis Posted March 31, 2006 Share Posted March 31, 2006 EXPL_TXTRANGE.A is a zero-day exploit that takes advantage of a vulnerability in the createTextRange Method call process in Internet Explorer. Exploiting this vulnerability enables a user to create a text range within an object. This exploit affects Internet Explorer 6.0 and Internet Explorer 7.0 Beta 2 (January Edition) running on Windows 98, ME, NT, 2000, XP, and Server 2003. This exploit causes an error in the mentioned text range, which is applied to a an affected system's memory and to execute arbitrary codes on the system. It can also download and execute malicious codes on the system. Zero-day exploits are termed as such because the unpatched vulnerability and its corresponding exploit code are released within the same day. This poses a threat whereby many computers may be affected due to the availability of exploit code, and the fact that vendors do not have much time to patch it. One malicious JavaScript that uses this exploit is detected by most anti-virus software as JS_DLOADER.BXR. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevevan Posted March 31, 2006 Share Posted March 31, 2006 Thanks for the info curtis! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCH-Bruce Posted March 31, 2006 Share Posted March 31, 2006 Why does anyone still use IE? Thanks Curtis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madmanmcp Posted March 31, 2006 Share Posted March 31, 2006 An article about its current use. h_tp://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1944579,00.asp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCH-Don Posted March 31, 2006 Share Posted March 31, 2006 Thanks Curtis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
curtis Posted March 31, 2006 Author Share Posted March 31, 2006 Anytime the boys in Redmond, Wash. use a term like "limited in scope" it makes me wonder how far or deep it does go. Thanks for the link, Bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCH-Rob Posted April 1, 2006 Share Posted April 1, 2006 Thanks Curtis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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