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An ActiveX control in Internet Explorer can no longer access the data that was provided by a DATA attribute after you install the update in security advisory 2562937


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Symptoms

Assume that you have an ActiveX control in Windows Internet Explorer where you use the DATA attribute to pass a URL to the ActiveX control to read the necessary data. For example, the object tag resembles the following:
<OBJECT CLASSID ="clsid:xxxxxx" DATA="test.aspx?a=b&c=d" CODEBASE="test.cab"></OBJECT>
However, after you install the update in security advisory 2562937 on the computer, the ActiveX control can no longer access the data that was provided by the DATA attribute.

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Resolution

Security update information

To resolve this issue, install the most recent cumulative security update for Internet Explorer. To do this, visit the following Microsoft website:For more technical information about the most recent cumulative security update for Internet Explorer, visit the following Microsoft website:Note This update was first included in security update 2618444.

For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
2618444 MS11-099: Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer: December 13, 2011

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Status

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section.

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More information

For more information about security advisory 2562937, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
2562937 Microsoft Security Advisory: Update Rollup for ActiveX Kill Bits
For more information about software update terminology, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
824684 Description of the standard terminology that is used to describe Microsoft software updates

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Keywords: KB2637344, kbsurveynew, kbexpertiseinter, kbfix, kbbug, kbqfe

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Article Info
Article ID : 2637344
Revision : 1
Created on : 12/13/2011
Published on : 12/13/2011
Exists online : False
Views : 526