Research In Motion ...
... has released a Security Advisory [1] to address a vulnerability in the BlackBerry Application Web Loader ActiveX control. By convincing a user to view a specially crafted HTML document, an attacker may be able to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user. The attacker could also cause Internet Explorer to crash.
US-CERT encourages users to review BlackBerry Security Advisory KB16248 [2] and apply the resolution or implement the workaround listed in the document to help mitigate the risk.
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