Article ID: 279329 - Last Review: July 24, 2007 - Revision: 3.3 Patch Available for "File Upload Via Form" VulnerabilityThis article was previously published under Q279329 On This PageSUMMARY
Microsoft has released an update to Internet Explorer that addresses a potential security issue. The HTML FORM elements support a variety of methods of providing input by using the form, one of which allows the user to specify the name of a file to upload to the site. Subject to a number of constraints, it could be possible for a Web-based program to fill in this field with the name of a desired file to upload it without the user's knowledge when the user submitted the form. Additional information about this issue is available from the following Microsoft Web site: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms00-093.mspx
(http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms00-093.mspx)
MORE INFORMATIONPatch AvailabilityTo install the patch, view the following Microsoft Web site:http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/download/critical/279328.htm
(http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/download/critical/279328.htm)
NOTE: This update may not appear on the Microsoft Windows Update Web site, or you may receive the following message when you are installing this update from the Microsoft.com Web site:
This update does not need to be installed on this system.
For additional information about how to determine the version of Internet Explorer you are using, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: 164539
(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/164539/EN-US/
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How to Determine Which Version of Internet Explorer Is Installed
The Q279328.exe file contains the following files:
Internet Explorer 5.5 Service Pack 1: Date Time Version Size File name ------------------------------------------------------------------- 11-13-00 2:06pm 5.50.4611.1300 2,681 Mshtml.dll 11-13-00 12:49pm 5.50.4611.1300 399 Mshtmled.dll 11-13-00 2:07pm 5.50.4611.1300 1,120 Shdocvw.dll Internet Explorer 5.5: Date Time Version Size File name ------------------------------------------------------------------ 07-28-00 3:16pm 5.50.4207.2600 109 Asctrls.ocx Internet Explorer 5.01 Service Pack 1: Date Time Version Size File name ------------------------------------------------------------------ 11-13-00 2:35pm 5.00.3211.1700 2,298 Mshtml.dll 11-03-00 3:22pm 5.00.3211.300 1,078 Shdocvw.dll 279330
(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/279330/EN-US/
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Patch Available for New Variant of the Frame Domain Verification Vulnerability
279881
(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/279881/EN-US/
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Patch Available for New Variant of Scriptlet Rendering Vulnerability
279328
(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/279328/EN-US/
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