Tuesday, April 29, 2014

Don't use Internet Explorer

Microsoft Security Advisory 2963983 (CVE-2014-1776) is a serious Vulnerability in the Internet Explorer web browser that could Allow Remote Code Execution. Microsoft is aware of limited, targeted attacks that attempt to exploit a vulnerability in Internet Explorer 6, Internet Explorer 7, Internet Explorer 8, Internet Explorer 9, Internet Explorer 10, and Internet Explorer 11.
The vulnerability is a remote code execution vulnerability. The vulnerability exists in the way that Internet Explorer accesses an object in memory that has been deleted or has not been properly allocated. The vulnerability may corrupt memory in a way that could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user within Internet Explorer. An attacker could host a specially-crafted website that is designed to exploit this vulnerability through Internet Explorer and then convince a user to view the website.
For more information on Microsoft Security Vulnerability 2963983, please visit:
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/security/2963983.aspx

Skyward and other vendors are recommending that everyone use an alternate web browser until Microsoft releases a patch. 

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