US-CERT Technical Cyber Security Alert TA10-089A -- Microsoft Internet Explorer Vulnerabilities

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                    National Cyber Alert System

              Technical Cyber Security Alert TA10-089A


Microsoft Internet Explorer Vulnerabilities

   Original release date: March 30, 2010
   Last revised: --
   Source: US-CERT


Systems Affected

     * Microsoft Internet Explorer


Overview

   Microsoft has released out-of-band updates to address critical
   vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer.


I. Description

   Microsoft has released updates for multiple vulnerabilities in
   Internet Explorer, including the vulnerability detailed in
   Microsoft Security Advisory (981374) and US-CERT Vulnerability Note
   VU#744549.


II. Impact

   By convincing a user to view a specially crafted HTML document or
   Microsoft Office document, an attacker may be able to execute
   arbitrary code with the privileges of the user.


III. Solution

   Apply updates

   Microsoft has released updates to address these vulnerabilities.
   Please see Microsoft Security Bulletin MS10-018 for more
   information.

   Apply workarounds

   Microsoft has provided workarounds for some of the vulnerabilities
   in MS10-018.


IV. References

 * Microsoft Security Bulletin MS10-018 -
   <http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms10-018.mspx>

 * Microsoft Security Advisory (981374) -
   <http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/981374.mspx>

 * Microsoft Internet Explorer iepeers.dll use-after-free
   vulnerability -
   <http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/744549>

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Revision History

  March 30, 2010: Initial release


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