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Brace for malware-fighting IE, Office patches |
June 09, 2013
A vulnerability in versions 6 through 10 of Internet Explorer could be exploited to take control of affected machines through malware delivered from tainted Web pages, according to the upcoming Patch Tuesday security bulletins from Microsoft.
"This one would make it easy to remotely gain access to someone's machine via a malicious webpage," says Ken Pickering, development manager for security intelligence at CORE Security. "Bulletin One is downright scary."
The single bulletin actually accounts for 19 of the 23 individual common vulnerability exposures (CVE) dealt with this month.
It is the only one of the five bulletins being issued this month that is ranked critical, but since four of them require restarts after applying Microsoft recommended patches, it could make for IT headaches. "No one likes to force a reboot after an update, especially in an enterprise shop," he says.
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