Microsoft delivers emergency patch for under-attack IE

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https://www.computerworld.com/article/3329717/microsoft-windows/microsoft-delivers-emergency-patch-for-under-attack-ie.html

By Gregg Keizer
Senior Reporter
Computerworld
Dec 19, 2018

Microsoft rarely mentions Internet Explorer (IE) anymore, but when it 
does, it usually means bad news.

So it was Wednesday, when Microsoft issued a rare emergency security 
update to plug a critical vulnerability in the still-supported IE9, IE10 
and IE11. The flaw was reported to Microsoft by Google security engineer 
Clement Lecigne.

According to Microsoft, attackers are already exploiting the 
vulnerability, making it a classic "zero-day" bug. Because of that, the 
company released a fix before the next round of security updates scheduled 
for Jan. 8.

The update was issued to Windows 7, 8.1 and 10 - the latter with patches 
for versions 1607 and later - as well as Windows Server 2008, 2012, 2016 
and 2019. (Updates for some versions of Windows 10 - 1607 and 1703 - were 
available only to Windows 10 Enterprise and Windows 10 Education.)

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