Hackers attack IE7 flaw Exploit code out within days of patch (old news - 06:50AM Thursday Feb 19 2009)
Iain Thomson in San Francisco / vnunet.com, 18 Feb 2009
Less than a week after the last round of Microsoft Internet Explorer patches, security experts are already warning that exploit code is in circulation.
The particular flaw, MS09-002, is being exploited using a specially crafted Word document which is emailed to users. Once opened it installs malware onto the target system, including a Trojan to allow the malware to update itself.
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