New Internet Explorer Vulnerability (CVE-2014-1776)

April 29, 2014

A vulnerability has been reported affecting all versions of Internet Explorer. This previously unknown vulnerability could allow an attacker to gain control of your computer.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could result in an attacker gaining the same privileges as the logged on user, allowing an attacker to install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights.

There currently isn’t a patch for this vulnerability. We recommend using an alternate browser until a patch is issued.

More information can be found at the links below:

Fireeye:

http://www.fireeye.com/blog/uncategorized/2014/04/new-zero-day-exploit-targeting-internet-explorer-versions-9-through-11-identified-in-targeted-attacks.html

Microsoft:

https://technet.microsoft.com/en-US/library/security/2963983

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-US/security/jj653751

CVE:

http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-1776