New 0-day vulnerability in Internet Explorer !

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Microsoft Security Advisory 2963983

Vulnerability in Internet Explorer Could Allow Remote Code Execution

“Microsoft is aware of limited, targeted attacks that attempt to exploit a vulnerability in Internet Explorer 6, Internet Explorer 7, Internet Explorer 8, Internet Explorer 9, Internet Explorer 10, and Internet Explorer 11.

The vulnerability is a remote code execution vulnerability.
The vulnerability exists in the way that Internet Explorer accesses an object in memory that has been deleted or has not been properly allocated.
The vulnerability may corrupt memory in a way that could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user within Internet Explorer.
An attacker could host a specially crafted website that is designed to exploit this vulnerability through Internet Explorer and then convince a user to view the website.
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https://technet.microsoft.com/en-US/library/security/2963983

“Mitigation

Using EMET may break the exploit in your environment and prevent it from successfully controlling your computer.
EMET versions 4.1 and 5.0 break (and/or detect) the exploit in our tests.
Enhanced Protected Mode in IE breaks the exploit in our tests.
EPM was introduced in IE10.
Additionally, the attack will not work without Adobe Flash.
Disabling the Flash plugin within IE will prevent the exploit from functioning.
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http://www.fireeye.com/blog/uncategorized/2014/04/new-zero-day-exploit-targeting-internet-explorer-versions-9-through-11-identified-in-targeted-attacks.html

http://blogs.technet.com/b/msrc/archive/2014/04/26/microsoft-releases-security-advisory.aspx

http://krebsonsecurity.com/2014/04/microsoft-warns-of-attacks-on-ie-zero-day/

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