Microsoft security update released: Internet Explorer RCE Zero-Day vulnerability patched
Microsoft’s bequest browser, Internet Explorer, may compel you to reboot your PC soon. The remote code execution IE Zero-day vulnerability in Internet explorer scripting engine allows threat actors to execute arbitrary code in the context of the user . Manipulators who successfully exploited the IE Zero-day vulnerability could leverage security privileges of the logged in user & execute malevolent code to corrupt system memory. In other words, if you are logged on with administrative user rights, this vulnerability could be exploited to take full control of an affected system. Threat actors can leverage this opportunity to: Deploy malicious code on user’s system. Install malicious programs. View, change, or delete data Create new accounts with full user rights This Zero-day vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2018-8653 & can further be exploited in the following ways: In Web-based scenarios, attackers coul...