This host is installed with Internet Explorer and is prone to Denial of Service Vulnerability.

Successful exploitation will let the attacker craft the non-printable characters inside a web page and can trick the user to visit the crafted web page which will freeze the browser by making the application inactive. Impact Level: Application

No solution or patch was made available for at least one year since disclosure of this vulnerability. Likely none will be provided anymore. General solution options are to upgrade to a newer release, disable respective features, remove the product or replace the product by another one For updates refer to http://www.microsoft.com/windows/downloads/ie/getitnow.mspx

This flaw might be due to displaying the unprintable characters in Win XP or Vista inside Internet Explorer Browser.

Microsoft Internet Explorer version 7.x and 8.x

• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/502617/100/0/threaded

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Updated on 2015-03-25