Microsoft Details IE Vulnerability

•  In a Web-based attack scenario, an attacker would have to host a Web site that contains a Web page that is used to exploit this vulnerability. An attacker would have no way to force users to visit a malicious Web site. Instead, an attacker would have to persuade them to visit the Web site, typically by getting them to click a link that takes them to the attacker's Web site. It could also be possible to display specially crafted Web content by using banner advertisements or by using other methods to deliver Web content to affected systems.

•  This vulnerability could not be exploited automatically through e-mail or while viewing e-mail in the preview pane while using Outlook or Outlook Express Customers would have to click on a link that would take them to a malicious Web site, or open an attachment that could exploit the vulnerability.

•  An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could gain the same user rights as the local user. Users whose accounts are configured to have fewer user rights on the system could be less impacted than users who operate with administrative user rights.