Internet Explorer 5.5 Security Rollup Available (299618)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 for Windows 2000 SP 1
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 for Windows NT 4.0 SP 1
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 for Windows Millennium Edition SP 1
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 for Windows 98 Second Edition SP 1
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 for Windows 98 SP 1
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 for Windows 95 SP 1
This article was previously published under Q299618 For additional information about the Internet Explorer 5.01 security rollup, click the article number below
to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
295106 Internet Explorer 5.01 Security Rollup Available
SUMMARY
Microsoft has released a security rollup for Internet Explorer 5.5 that includes fixes for the following problems:
- The problem that is described in the following Microsoft Knowledge Base article:
286045 Patch Available for Cached Content Identification Vulnerability
- The problem that is described in the following Microsoft Knowledge Base article:
290108 Incorrect MIME Header Can Cause Internet Explorer to Run E-mail Attachment
- The problem that is described in the following Microsoft Knowledge Base article:
299472 Internet Explorer Vulnerability Affects the Way Digital Certificates from Web Servers Are Validated
- The problem that is described in the following Microsoft Knowledge Base article:
299474 Internet Explorer Vulnerability Affects the Displayed URL for a Web Page
- The problem that is described in the following Microsoft Knowledge Base article:
281119 Internet Explorer Saves HTML Content Instead of the Active Document
- Two new variants of a previously discussed vulnerability, the "Frame Domain Verification" vulnerability, which was originally discussed in Microsoft Security Bulletin MS00-033. Like the original version, the new variants of the vulnerability may allow a malicious Web site operator to open two browser windows, one in the Web site's domain and the other on the user's local file system, and to pass information from the user's local file system to the Web site's domain. This vulnerability may allow the malicious Web site operator to read any file that can be opened in a browser window on the user's local computer.
For more information about these vulnerabilities, view the following Microsoft Web site:
Modification Type: | Major | Last Reviewed: | 6/21/2004 |
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Keywords: | kbenv kbfix kbIE550preSP2fix kbinfo KB299618 |
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