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F-Secure Virus Descriptions : Exploit.HTML.Iframe.FileDownload





NAME:Exploit.HTML.Iframe.FileDownload
ALIAS:Exploit.IFrame.FileDownload, Exploit.HTML.FileDownload
ALIAS:IFrame Vulnerability

The 'Exploit.HTML.Iframe.FileDownload' is the report about an HTML formatted document, that contains a code that refers to Internet Explorer IFrame vulnerability.

This vulnerability allows an malicious HTML document, such as email message, to execute automatically when the document is viewed using Internet Explorer. It also affects email clients that use Internet Explorer to view HTML formatted email messages, such as Outlook and Outlook Express.

Microsoft has more information about this issue available at their Security Bulletin MS01-20, available at:

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS01-020.asp

The fix for the vulnerability is available at:

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/downloads/critical/q323759ie/default.asp