| Expect amped up pressure aimed in Microsoft’s direction for a patch for the Internet Explorer zero day that surfaced last week, now that researchers at Exodus Intelligence reported today they have developed a bypass for the Fix It that Microsoft released as a temporary mitigation.
Their new exploit beat a fully patched Windows system running IE 8, the same version of the browser exploited by malware used in watering hole attacks against a number of political and manufacturing websites, including the Council on Foreign Relations in the U.S., and Chinese human rights site Uygur Haber Ajanski.
IE 6 and 7 also hold the same use-after free memory vulnerability (CVE-2012-4792) but are currently not being exploited. Microsoft said the impact of the attacks is limited; IE 9 and 10 are not vulnerable, Microsoft said. Yesterday’s Patch Tuesday advisory previewing next Tuesday’s batch of security updates did not include an IE patch. Read More .. |