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Microsoft denies IE flaw claim

Feb 18, 2004 12:00AM PST

Stolen Windows code not to blame for Internet Explorer exploit, claims Redmond

Microsoft has debunked claims that a new way of attacking its software has been discovered by someone looking at its recently stolen Windows source code.
The company said that on Monday it began investigating a "reported exploit" on versions of Internet Explorer, which was "allegedly discovered by an individual studying the leaked source code".

But in a statement Microsoft said the reported exploit was in fact a known, patched, flaw: "This exploit is a known issue that Microsoft had discovered internally and addressed with the latest release of Internet Explorer 6.0 Service Pack 1."

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