First we have to thank 80sec, a security re
search team in China. They found a vulnerability in
Maxthon and promptly informed us. We truely appreciate their work and their professionalism. After detailed analysis, we have confirmed with 80sec that the vulnerability is actually a vulnerability of the IE WebBrowser Control, which affects all browsers and applications based on IE (with the exception of the IE7 browser).
This vulnerability can cause very severe consequences. Malicious websites could exploit this vulnerability to steal users sensitive personal information, and could also initiate other malicious actions.
Maxthon have been working on this vulnerability at the highest priority and is here to
release a new version with the vulnerability
fixed. We strongly recommend update to this latest
version for Internet safety.
We have also informed
Microsoft and urged an official solution for all other applications based on the IE WebBrowser Control.
Download
http://maxthon.cachefly.net/mx_2.1.2.589.exe
Complete changes in this version:
[browsing]
- fixed security issues arising from an IE WebBrowser Control vulnerability
[accessories]
- fixed
problem that favorites are not
imported
when online
favorites service is
disabled
- fixed
problems relating to system directories, like send to
desktop
- fixed
slow Maxthon exit problem under some c
ircumstances
[find in page]
- can use up/down arrow or mousewheel to
scroll through matches
- the input field will be highlight if no match is found
- fixed problem that match result
dialog sometimes empty
- fixed problem that skin settings are not used
[Others]
- fixed a
crash problem of
AutoUpdate when DEP is enabled
- added a print page
setup menu command (have to reset
menu bar)