Microsoft warns of security flaw in Internet Explorer
April 28, 2014  18:47
Microsoft has warned users of a security flaw in its Internet Explorer browser that allows hackers on the same network as much access as a legitimate user.

Using the vulnerability, an attacker could take complete control of the system and then install programmes, view, change, or delete data, or create new accounts with full user rights.

"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," it said in a blogpost.

The vulnerability exists in the way that Internet Explorer accesses an object in memory that has been deleted or has not been properly allocated, it added.
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