Explorer vulnerability posts copy text to web
 

Clipboard exposed


A WARNING RECEIVED highlights what appears to be a real Explorer danger that text copied onto the clipboard can be seen on the web.

Some people who should, appear to know all about this, while it was news to others we contacted.

So try this:

1) Copy any text by ctrl+c
2) Click the Link:
http://www.sourcecodesworld.com/special/clipboard.asp
3) You will see the text you copied on the Screen which was accessed by this web page.
The advice is do not keep sensitive data (like passwords, credit card numbers, PIN etc.) in the clipboard while surfing the web. It is extremely easy to extract the text stored in the clipboard.
To fix this it is simple, do the following in your browser:

Tools->Internet Options->Security->Custom Level scroll down to "Scripting"
Disable "Allow paste operation via script"
Hit OK and you should be good to go.
To verify, repeat step 1 & 2 and you will see the link can not see your clipboard.
Good luck.
The iNQuirer