Internet Explorer Zero-Day Vulnerability

Have you heard about this vulnerability?

What is the vulnerability?
This vulnerability, which FireEye Research identified in Internet Explorer, uses a combination of Flash and Internet Explorer to allow an attacker to gain the ability to run any application with the user permissions of the current logged-in user, giving the attacker access to everything on the user’s computer that the user has access to. If the current user is logged on with administrative user rights, the attacker would have the same rights. An attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights.

What should you do?
If possible, stop using Internet Explorer. Use either Mozilla Firefox , or Google Chrome. Both can be downloaded for free.

If you have to use IE, please refer to Microsoft’s Security Advisory on this vulnerability to see their lists of suggested actions.  In a few hours, Microsoft will be issuing a fix for the vulnerability, according to ZDNet.

If you have any questions or concerns about this, or any other vulnerability you hear about, feel free to contact Eberly Systems.