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Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (928090)

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
Acertains the presence of update 925454

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

Summary :

Arbitrary code can be executed on the remote host through the web client.

Description :

The remote host is missing the IE cumulative security update 92808.

The remote version of IE is vulnerable to several flaws which may permit an
attacker to execute arbitrary code on the remote host.

Solution :

Microsoft has released a set of patches for Windows 2000, XP and 2003 :

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS07-016.mspx

Network Security Threat Level:

Critical / CVSS Base Score : 10.0
(AV:R/AC:L/Au:NR/C:C/I:C/A:C/B:N)

Networks Security ID: 22486, 22489, 22504

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