Andre Yoskowitz
27 Apr 2014 19:27
Microsoft has confirmed a zero-day vulnerability that has put a large portion of the world's computer users at risk.
The exploit affects Internet Explorer 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11.
Microsoft explains that "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."
The software giant is preparing a patch and it is so critical that it could be provided out-of-cycle.
Internet Explorer is used by about 55 percent of the world as their preferred browser, leavings hundreds of millions vulnerable.
Read more here: Vulnerability in Internet Explorer Could Allow Remote Code Execution