Security Updates for Internet Explorer (October 2018)
High Nessus Plugin ID 118009
Synopsis
The Internet Explorer installation on the remote host is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.
Description
The Internet Explorer installation on the remote host is
missing security updates. It is, therefore, affected by
multiple vulnerabilities :
- A remote code execution vulnerability exists when
Internet Explorer improperly accesses objects in memory.
The vulnerability could corrupt memory in such a way
that an attacker could execute arbitrary code in the
context of the current user. An attacker who
successfully exploited the vulnerability could gain the
same user rights as the current user. (CVE-2018-8460,
CVE-2018-8491)
Solution
Microsoft has released the following security updates to address this issue:
-KB4462926
-KB4462949
-KB4462923