Microsoft Vulnerabilities
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Microsoft is releasing an out-of-band update for their IE vulnerability. Internet Explorer 6 is affected and is being actively exploited in the wild. The patch will be released on the 21st, today, see Microsoft’s Security Bulletin for additional details. Updated to add : Microsoft Security Bulletin MS10-002 . What version of Internet Explorer do you have installed? ( Poll ) Also in Microsoft news, Security Advisory (979682). There’s a vulnerability in Windows kernel privilege escalation. The vulnerability affects all versions of Windows (NT 3.51 up to Windows 7), on non x64-based systems, unless 16-bit application support is disabled. There’s a workaround for disabling 16-bit support provided in Microsoft’s Security Advisory . Disabling 16-bit applications will mitigate the issue. Then, you’ll be all set. Unless you happen to use a 16-bit…
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