Researchers from the security company Vectra have discovered a high-severity vulnerability in Internet Explorer 11 which impacts browsers on Windows 7 and Windows 8.1.<\/p>\n
Vectra explained that<\/strong><\/a> their investigation followed a successful attack on the Italian security company known as the Hacking Team.<\/p>\n In the aftermath of the attack, Vectra researchers analysed the leaked data and identified a previously unknown vulnerability in Internet Explorer 11.<\/p>\n The Internet Explorer vulnerability is an exploitable use-after-free (UAF) vulnerability that occurs within a custom heap in JSCRIPT9.<\/p>\n Since the vulnerability exists within a custom heap, it may allow an attacker to bypass memory protection technologies.<\/p>\n Microsoft published a fix for this vulnerability on 14 July, and released information about the fix<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n Internet Explorer users are recommend to apply this Microsoft update as soon as possible.<\/p>\n How hackers steal your private information on Wi-Fi<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Here are the leaked e-mails from SARS spy unit to Hacking Team<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\nMore on security<\/h3>\n