Cyber Risks · Unit 42 Palo Alto Networks

Palo Alto Networks Researcher Identifies 3 Critical Internet Explorer Vulnerabilities

Summary: Palo Alto Networks researcher Bo Qu discovered three critical Internet Explorer vulnerabilities affecting IE versions 9, 10 and 11, all included in Microsoft's February 2015 Security Bulletin MS15-009. The vulnerabilities were disclosed to Microsoft through the Microsoft Active Protections Program, and Palo Alto Networks notes prior IE discoveries of three in November 2014, one in October 2014, 15 in September 2014, three in August 2014, 10 in July 2014, and 22 in June 2014.

What you should know: Twenty-two critical IE vulnerabilities in a single month, June 2014, shows how steady the flow of exploitable browser flaws was for organizations still running IE 9, 10 and 11 across enterprise and government networks.

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