Adobe, Microsoft Issue Critical Security Fixes
Summary: Adobe and Microsoft each released critical security updates, with Microsoft pushing 14 patches for Windows, Office, Internet Explorer and .NET while Adobe fixed at least 18 issues in Flash Player and AIR. Microsoft's fixes include a zero-day already used in targeted cyber espionage attacks and an Internet Explorer flaw with a CVSS score of 9.3 that IBM X-Force called a rare "unicorn-like" bug, affecting code at least 19 years old.
What's compelling: IBM researchers said the IE vulnerability can sidestep the Enhanced Protected Mode sandbox in IE11 and Microsoft's free EMET anti-exploitation tool, and can also be reached through Office macro-enabled files - so the defenses many organizations rely on may not stop it.
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