BitDefender Antivirus

Exploit.Iframe.Vulnerability.B

Spreading: medium
Damage: medium
Size: varies
Discovered: 2004 Mar 21

SYMPTOMS:

 This is an exploit, and it is part of the massmailer Netsky.P

  

TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION:

This vulnerability allows automatic execution of a HTML document from within a e-mail message, when opened or previewed with Internet Explorer from Outlook or Outlook Express. More information can be found here

This specific exploit is found in e-mail messages containing the virus Win32.Netsky.P@mm

For a detailed description of this virus, check the description of Win32.Netsky.P@mm in the Virus Encyclopedia.

  

Removal instructions:

Please let BitDefender disinfect your files.

  

ANALYZED BY:

Patrik Vicol, virus researcher