Security exploit discovered in Internet Explorer – 972890 – Solution/FIX and workarounds

Security exploit discovered in Internet Explorer – 972890 – Solution and workarounds

Microsoft Security Advisory is reporting a new security issue which is found on Internet Explorer. In a Web-based attack scenario, an attacker could host a web site that contains a web page that is used to exploit this vulnerability. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could gain the same user rights as the local user

Microsoft says,

Microsoft is investigating a privately reported vulnerability in Microsoft Video ActiveX Control. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could gain the same user rights as the local user. When using Internet Explorer, code execution is remote and may not require any user intervention

The exploit is targeted towards the users on Windows XP, but not sure about users on Vista and Windows 7 ,they might be affected in some other ways. The only solution is to remove support for this ActiveX Control within Internet Explorer.

Workarounds for this security exploit [972890]

Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 972890

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