MS11-081 - Critical : Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (2586448) - Version: 1.2

Severity Rating: Critical

Revision Note: V1.2 (November 2, 2011): Announced the release of a hotfix to resolve a known issue affecting Internet Explorer 7 customers after the KB2586448 security update is installed. See the Update FAQ for details.

Summary: This security update resolves eight privately reported vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer. The most severe vulnerabilities could allow remote code execution if a user views a specially crafted Web page using Internet Explorer. An attacker who successfully exploited any of these vulnerabilities could gain the same user rights as the local user. Users whose accounts are configured to have fewer user rights on the system could be less impacted than users who operate with administrative user rights.

Continue reading...