(MS11-081) Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (2586448)
Publish date: October 13, 2011
Severity: CRITICAL
CVE Identifier: CVE-2011-1993,CVE-2011-1995,CVE-2011-1996,CVE-2011-1997,CVE-2011-1998,CVE-2011-1999,CVE-2011-2000,CVE-2011-2001
Advisory Date: OCT 13, 2011
DESCRIPTION
This 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 exploits 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.
TREND MICRO PROTECTION INFORMATION
SOLUTION
PATCH: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/bulletin/ms11-081
Trend Micro Deep Security DPI Rule Number: 1004813
Trend Micro Deep Security DPI Rule Name: Internet Explorer Scroll Event Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (CVE-2011-1993)
AFFECTED SOFTWARE AND VERSION
- Internet Explorer 6
- Internet Explorer 7
- Internet Explorer 8
- Internet Explorer 9
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