Google published another unpatched Windows security flaw, according to the company's Project Zero program policy that discloses vulnerabilities points 90 days after they are notified to the developer.
This time, the vulnerability is a type confusion in its module Microsoft Edge and Internet Explorer. Google researcher Ivan Fratric published a PoC showing how it can crash browsers, opening a door for potential attackers to gain administrative privileges on affected systems.
Fratric reports that he analyzed the 64-bit version of Internet Explorer in Windows Server 2012 R2, but also two versions of 32-bits in Internet Explorer 11 and Microsoft Edge. This means that users of Windows 7, Windows 8.1, and Windows 10 are in imminent danger 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 right now there are two different ones vulnerabilities security vulnerabilities that have not yet been patched by Microsoft while the details have already been posted online by Google.
As we mention in the title of the article, to protect yourself it is recommended to avoid clicking on websites you do not trust and to replace Internet Explorer and Microsoft Edge with a different one program browsing.
