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Latest Security AdvisoriesRevision Note: V1.1 (March 10, 2010): Restated the mitigation concerning the e-mail vector. Added a new workaround for disabling the peer factory class in iepeers.dll. Advisory Summary:Microsoft is investigating new, public reports of a vulnerability in Internet Explorer 6 and Internet Explorer 7. Our investigation has shown that the latest version of the browser, Internet Explorer 8, is not affected. The main impact of the vulnerability is remote code execution. This advisory contains information about which versions of Internet Explorer are vulnerable as well as workarounds and mitigations for this issue.Revision Note: V1.1 (March 10, 2010): Restated the mitigation concerning the e-mail vector. Added a new workaround for disabling the peer factory class in iepeers.dll. Advisory Summary:Microsoft is investigating new, public reports of a vulnerability in Internet Explorer 6 and Internet Explorer 7. Our investigation has shown that the latest version of the browser, Internet Explorer 8, is not affected. The main impact of the vulnerability is remote code execution. This advisory contains information about which versions of Internet Explorer are vulnerable as well as workarounds and mitigations for this issue. Revision Note: V1.3 (March 9, 2010): Updated the FAQ to announce the rerelease of the update that enables Internet Information Services to opt in to Extended Protection for Authentication. For more information, see Known issues in Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 973917. Advisory Summary:Microsoft is announcing the availability of a new feature, Extended Protection for Authentication, on the Windows platform. This feature enhances the protection and handling of credentials when authenticating network connections using Integrated Windows Authentication (IWA). Revision Note: V1.0 (March 1, 2010): Advisory published. Advisory Summary:Microsoft is investigating new public reports of a possible vulnerability in VBScript that is exposed on supported versions of Microsoft Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003 through the use of Internet Explorer. Our investigation has shown that the vulnerability cannot be exploited on Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Vista, or Windows Server 2008. The main impact of the vulnerability is remote code execution. We are not aware of attacks that try to use the reported vulnerabilities or of customer impact at this time. Revision Note: V1.1 (February 10, 2010): Specified the mitigation offered by Protected Mode. Also clarified an FAQ and workaround pertaining to Protected Mode. Advisory Summary:Microsoft is investigating new public reports of a vulnerability in Internet Explorer. This advisory contains information about which versions of Internet Explorer are vulnerable as well as workarounds and mitigations for this issue. Revision Note: V2.0 (February 9, 2010): Advisory updated to reflect publication of security bulletin. Advisory Summary:Microsoft has completed the investigation into a public report of this vulnerability. We have issued MS10-015 to address this issue. For more information about this issue, including download links for an available security update, please review MS10-015. The vulnerability addressed is the Windows Kernel Exception Handler Vulnerability - CVE-2010-0232. Revision Note: V1.0 (February 9, 2010): Advisory published. Advisory Summary:Microsoft is investigating public reports of a vulnerability in the Transport Layer Security (TLS) and Secure Sockets Layer(SSL)protocols. At this time, Microsoft is not aware of any attacks attempting to exploit the reported vulnerability. Revision Note: V2.0 (January 21, 2010): Advisory updated to reflect publication of security bulletin Advisory Summary:Microsoft has completed the investigation the public reports of this vulnerability. We have issued MS10-002 to address this issue. For more information about this issue, including download links for an available security update, please review MS10-002. The vulnerability addressed is the HTML Object Memory Corruption Vulnerability - CVE-2010-0249. Revision Note: V1.0 (January 12, 2010): Advisory published. Advisory Summary:Security Advisory Revision Note: V2.0 (December 8, 2009): Advisory updated to reflect publication of security bulletin. Advisory Summary:Microsoft has completed investigating public reports of this vulnerability. We have issued Microsoft Security Bulletin MS09-072 to address this issue. For more information about this issue, including download links for an available security update, please review MS09-072. The vulnerability addressed is the HTML Object Memory Corruption Vulnerability - CVE-2009-3672. Revision Note: V1.0 (December 8, 2009): Advisory published. Advisory Summary:This advisory addresses the potential for attacks that affect the handling of credentials using Integrated Windows Authentication (IWA), and the mechanisms Microsoft has made available for customers to help protect against these attacks. |
