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New IE Remote Code Execution Vulnerability Discovered

Posted by Unknown on from the luckily-has-zero-users dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Microsoft is investigating a new remote code execution vulnerability in Internet Explorer and preparing a security update for all supported versions of its browser (IE6, IE7, IE8, IE9, IE10, and IE11). The company has issued a security advisory in the meantime because it has confirmed reports that the issue is being exploited in a 'limited number of targeted attacks' specifically directed at IE8 and IE9."

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  1. Pretty good in general by jones_supa · · Score: 3, Informative

    Things like this happen, but I have to say that these days Microsoft has mostly taped Windows together quite well. We don't anymore see sensational headlines like "Blaster worm infects millions of computers". So for the 6.x core things are way better than in the past. However the EOL'ing of Windows XP will probably zombify heaps of machines.