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Terminal Services COM object flaw in Internet Explorer 6

A memory corruption flaw in the Terminal Services COM object (tsuserex.dll) affects users of Internet Explorer 6

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A memory corruption flaw in the Terminal Services COM object (tsuserex.dll) affects users of Internet Explorer 6. By instantiating itself as an ActiveX object, a malformed Terminal Services COM object allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code.