Google published another unpatched flaw security των Windows, σύμφωνα με την πολιτική προγράμματος της εταιρείας Project Zero which discloses vulnerabilities 90 days after they are disclosed to the developer.
This time, vulnerability is a type of confusion in a Microsoft Edge module and Internet Explorer. Google's researcher Ivan Fratric has published a PoC showing how browsers can drop, opening a door to potential intruders to acquire administrator privileges in affected systems.
Fratric states that he performed an analysis at 64-bit version of Internet Explorer in Windows Server 2012 R2, but also in two versions of 32-bit of Internet Explorer 11 and Microsoft Edge. This means that Windows 7, Windows 8.1 and Windows 10 users are at immediate risk if they use Microsoft browsers.
Vulnerability was reported in 25 November, and according to Google Project Zero policy, it was announced publicly today 25 February, while Microsoft has not yet released a patch.
Let's say this is it second security flaw which was revealed by Google in two weeks, as the company also published details of the vulnerability in gdi32.dll originally reported to Microsoft in March of 2016.
So at this time there are two different security vulnerabilities that have not yet been repaired by Microsoft while the details have already been posted online on Google.
As mentioned in the article's title, to protect yourself, it is recommended that you avoid clicking on webpages that you do not trust but also replace Internet Explorer and Microsoft Edge with a different browser.
