New actively exploited IE bug forces Microsoft to patch Windows 7 again

[Karlston]

New actively exploited IE bug forces Microsoft to patch Windows 7 again

Both Windows 7 and Internet Explorer was meant to exit support last month, but it seems Microsoft just can’t stop patching its out-of-support operating systems.

 

An actively exploited Javascript engine bug has caused Microsoft to release a new patch for the old browser all the way to IE9.

 

The CVE-2020-0674 entry notes:

A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way that the scripting engine handles objects in memory in Internet Explorer. The vulnerability could corrupt memory in such a way that an attacker could execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could gain the same user rights as the current user. If the current user is logged on with administrative user rights, an attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could take control of an affected system. An attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights.

 

In a web-based attack scenario, an attacker could host a specially crafted website that is designed to exploit the vulnerability through Internet Explorer and then convince a user to view the website. An attacker could also embed an ActiveX control marked “safe for initialization” in an application or Microsoft Office document that hosts the IE rendering engine. The attacker could also take advantage of compromised websites and websites that accept or host user-provided content or advertisements. These websites could contain specially crafted content that could exploit the vulnerability.

 

The security update addresses the vulnerability by modifying how the scripting engine handles objects in memory

The exploit could be triggered via any application that can host HTML such as a document or PDF, and it has a Critical rating on Windows 7, 8.1 and 10, and is currently being actively exploited in the wild. Microsoft is releasing a patch for all these operating systems, and also Windows Server 2008, 2012 and 2019.

 

Read more and find download links at Microsoft here.

 

Via SCMagazine

 

 

Source: New actively exploited IE bug forces Microsoft to patch Windows 7 again  (MSPoweruser)

[steven36]

It dont cost them nothing extra but  bandwidth  the update  was going be made available for people who paid for  ESU anyway .  The ones for IE 9 and 10 was for

Windows Server  only  . Windows Server  was like Vista  they didn't get IE 11.

 

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Remember, we've already gone through this with Windows XP. Experience tells us that most home users will just keep using Windows 7 until their PC dies, while corporations still not ready to switch will pay extra for longer support.

[steven36]

Servicing stack update for Windows 7 SP1 and Server 2008 KB4537829 Kill BypassESU some users say KB4537767.msu fail to install for them on Windows 7 SP1 KB4537829 installed  do it install at  all without using ESU?

[Sylence]

Idk why Microsoft do that, just let them get exploited, they chose that way, you can't force someone to go to the heaven if they choose to stay in hell.