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New Internet Explorer Zero-day Targeted in Attacks against Korea and Japan

In Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday for October 2013, the company released MS13-080 to address two critical vulnerabilities that have been actively exploited in limited targeted attacks. The first critical vulnerability in Internet Explorer, the Microso…

Product Coverage and Mitigation for CVE-2013-3893

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Microsoft Security Advisory (2887505) On September 17th, 2013, Microsoft published Security Advisory 2887505, which coverers a remote code execution vulnerability in all supported versions of Microsoft Internet Explorer.   The flaw resides in the handling of objects in memory which have been deleted or improperly allocated.  Specifically, a use-after-free flaw in the HTML rendering engine (aka Read more…

New Zero-Day Attack Copies Earlier Flash Exploitation

Late on July 10, Microsoft released a blog post disclosing that they were aware of a zero-day attack in the wild. This attack exploits a previously unpatched Internet Explorer vulnerability (CVE-2013-3163). It’s interesting that the vulnerability was just patched in this month’s Patch Tuesday (July 9), which is perhaps only a coincidence. Although we do Read more…

Microsoft Security Advisory (2794220): Vulnerability in Internet Explorer Could Allow Remote Code Execution – Version: 2.0

Revision Note: V2.0 (January 14, 2013): Advisory updated to reflect publication of security bulletin.
Summary: Microsoft has completed the investigation into a public report of this vulnerability. We have issued MS13-008 to add…

Microsoft Security Advisory (2757760): Vulnerability in Internet Explorer Could Allow Remote Code Execution – Version: 2.0

Revision Note: V2.0 (September 21, 2012): Advisory updated to reflect publication of security bulletin.
Summary: Microsoft has completed the investigation into public reports of this vulnerability. We have issued MS12-063 to ad…

Microsoft Security Advisory (2718704): Unauthorized Digital Certificates Could Allow Spoofing – Version: 1.1

Revision Note: V1.1 (June 13, 2012): Advisory revised to notify customers that Windows Mobile 6.x, Windows Phone 7, and Windows Phone 7.5 devices are not affected by the issue.
Summary: Microsoft is aware of active attacks usin…

Microsoft Security Advisory (2524375): Fraudulent Digital Certificates Could Allow Spoofing – Version: 5.0

Revision Note: V5.0 (July 6, 2011): Announced the release of an update for Zune HD devices and moved Zune devices to the Non-Affected Devices table.
Summary: Microsoft is aware of nine fraudulent digital certificates issued by …

Microsoft Security Advisory (2488013): Vulnerability in Internet Explorer Could Allow Remote Code Execution – Version: 2.0

Revision Note: V2.0 (February 8, 2011): Advisory updated to reflect publication of security bulletin.
Summary: Microsoft has completed the investigation into public reports of this vulnerability. We have issued MS11-003 to addr…

Microsoft Security Advisory (2458511): Vulnerability in Internet Explorer Could Allow Remote Code Execution – Version: 2.0

Revision Note: V2.0 (December 14, 2010): Advisory updated to reflect publication of security bulletin.
Summary: Microsoft has completed the investigation into a public report of this vulnerability. We have issued MS10-090 to ad…

Microsoft Security Advisory (977981): Vulnerability in Internet Explorer Could Allow Remote Code Execution – Version: 2.0

Revision Note: V2.0 (December 8, 2009): Advisory updated to reflect publication of security bulletin.
Summary: Microsoft has completed investigating public reports of this vulnerability. We have issued Microsoft Security Bullet…