Friday, December 19, 2008

Critical Security Update for Internet Explorer MS08-078

On 17th Dec 2008, Microsoft has released a critical security update for Internet Explorer. This out-of-band security update fixes a JavaScript-related vulnerability that's being actively exploited through hacked Web sites. This security update resolves a publicly disclosed vulnerability. The vulnerability could allow remote code execution if a user views a specially crafted Web page using Internet Explorer. Users whose accounts are configured to have fewer user rights on the system could be less impacted than users who operate with administrative user rights.
This security update is rated Critical for Internet Explorer 5.01, Internet Explorer 6, Internet Explorer 6 Service Pack 1, and Internet Explorer 7.
For complete details see here .

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