bugtraq - RE: Six Step IE Remote Compromise Cache Attack

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Date: Wed, 5 Nov 2003 16:43:37 -0600 (CST)
From: white colin john <cjwhite1@...nx13.ews.uiuc.edu>
To: Thor Larholm <thor@...x.com>
Cc: Liu Die Yu <liudieyuinchina@...oo.com.cn>,
	<bugtraq@...urityfocus.com>
Subject: RE: Six Step IE Remote Compromise Cache Attack


On Wed, 5 Nov 2003, Thor Larholm wrote:

> This post raises an interesting question. Is our goal to find new
> vulnerabilities and attack vectors to help secure users and critical
> infrastructures, or is our goal to ease exploitation of existing
> vulnerabilities?

If there's no proof-of-concept that shows current bugs can be combined 
into an exploit, is there any pressure on microsoft to patch the bugs?