Microsoft releases temporary fix for zero-day browser bug
Microsoft released a temporary Fix It solution patch overnight to address a serious security issue affecting the company's Internet Explorer web browser, which is currently being actively exploited by malware writers.
The response communications group manager of Microsoft's Trustworthy Computing department, Dustin Childs, wrote in a security advisory that the company only has reports of a limited number of targetted attacks against Internet Explorer 8 and 9.
However, the bug that allows remote code execution through users visiting a malicious website could potentially affect all supported versions of Internet Explorer, he added. Childs did not say how many reports of the zero-day attack Microsoft has seen.
