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IE and Outlook flaws reported

By Derek Sooman

On September 8, 2005, 2:47 PM

The default installation process for IE, Outlook and Outlook Express appears to have a security flaw. The severity of the flaw is still being assessed, but there definitely seems the potential for a buffer overflow, and the flaw could allow an attacker to gain access to users' systems remotely. Systems at risk include those running Windows XP with Service Pack 0 or 1 and Windows 2000.

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