Tag Archives: ActiveX

Advisory: Lenovo/IBM ActiveX buffer overflow

CERT released the advisory for this, which I believe is not being fixed by Lenovo/IBM. http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/340420 This ActiveX control comes preinstalled on many Lenovo systems, and is also downloaded from the main page of their support site. It’s a nasty … Continue reading

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Applying domain restrictions to a browser plugin (ActiveX or XPCOM)

For Internet Explorer, there’s Microsoft’s Sitelock. For Mozilla, I’m not sure what there is… In that case, we’ve been working on some solutions that could hold up cross-browser on a Windows platform. Sitelock takes a solid approach, check out the … Continue reading

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