A vulnerability in Visual Studio 2005 could let an attacker execute code on a targeted Windows machine. Danish security vendor Secunia rated the vulnerability as “extremely critical” Microsoft could eventually issue a patch after its investigation. The vulnerability lies in an Active X control called the WMI Object Broker control, contained in the WmiScriptUtils.dll. For a successful attack, a user would have to be lured to a Web site designed to exploit the flaw. Microsoft cautioned against following links in e-mails from unknown senders, which could lead to an attackers site.”]
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