Microsoft releases an advisory about a new vulnerability affecting Internet Explorer that could allow an attacker to access files on a PC if the user is running Windows XP or using IE with Protected Mode disabled.
– Microsoft is investigating claims of an Internet Explorer
vulnerability that could allow an attacker to access victims’ files.
While Microsoft
said it is not aware of any attacks targeting the vulnerability, the
company warned Feb. 3 that if a user is not running IE in Protected Mode or is runn…