As more businesses connect to the Internet, security is a growing concern. Many businesses selling Internet service and telecommunications aren't well versed in security issues and create situations in which businesses are exposed to outside attack. The information on this page will assist companies in avoiding security risks and understanding risks that exist.
More information is available in the full CERT bulletin .
The malicious user could then use an offline brute force attack to derive the password or, with specialized tools, could submit a variant of these credentials in an attempt to access protected resources. The full bulletin is available on Microsoft's Web Site. Read the full bulletin from Microsoft . The vulnerability might allow a malicious user to execute operating system commands on an affected system. IE 5.x Microsoft announced that a weakness in IE 5.x could allow a Web Site to run code on a visitor's computer system.