He allegedly chose to debug, and my script was displayed in an editor.

If what appeared was the source to your CGI, then yes, you have a security problem, and probably a very unusual one.

If instead what appeared was HTML, then what's happening is very normal. IE by default will ignore Javascript errors in pages. But with the right switches thrown on the client side, or the right Microsoft development tools installed (including the generic stuff underneath VB), the default changes to note that there's an error on the page, giving the user the option of opening the (HTML) page in one of the Microsoft development tools. This isn't a security problem, but you should locate and fix the Javascript error.

(I'm assuming--and perhaps it's not a safe assumption--that you're able to see your page in a browser without apparent error.)

In reply to Re: VB debugging my Perl Scripts on user comp? help! Security issue! by dws
in thread VB debugging my Perl Scripts on user comp? help! Security issue! by Stenyj

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