---
id: 5080
title: "The Click that shouldn’t have worked: RCE via clickjacking in Internet Explorer"
source_domain: swarm.ptsecurity.com
source_url: "https://swarm.ptsecurity.com/the-click-that-shouldnt-have-worked-rce-via-clickjacking-in-internet-explorer/"
published_at: "2026-06-05 11:18"
tags: ["rce", "windows", "clickjacking", "internet-explorer", "webbrowser-control", "activex"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/5080"
lang: en
---

# The Click that shouldn’t have worked: RCE via clickjacking in Internet Explorer

## Summary

Though IE reached end of life in 2020, its engine powers the WebBrowser control in many VB/.NET/C# apps; PT SWARM details vulnerabilities found there, culminating in RCE achieved via clickjacking.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** swarm.ptsecurity.com
- **Published:** 2026-06-05 11:18
- **Original:** https://swarm.ptsecurity.com/the-click-that-shouldnt-have-worked-rce-via-clickjacking-in-internet-explorer/
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/5080