Researchers warn of IE6 zero-day bug
Security researchers are warning users about an unpatched cross-site scripting bug in Internet Explorer 6 (IE6) that could be used by hackers to capture keystrokes and steal other information.
The vulnerability appears to be a variation of a vulnerability first discussed by researchers Manuel Caballero and Fukami at Microsoft Corp.'s on-site BlueHat security conference early last month, Yichong Lin, an analyst at McAfee Inc., said in an entry to the company's blog.
At BlueHat, Caballero, who has worked for Microsoft as an independent penetration tester, said he had found a way to capture every browser action, including keystrokes used to type passwords. In a videotaped interview that Microsoft conducted during BlueHat, Caballero said that the combination of Flash and any browser, not just IE, could be hacked with a malicious script to give attackers full access to the browser.
