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Unit 42 Vulnerability Research January 2018 Disclosures - Microsoft

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As part of Unit 42’s ongoing threat research, we can now disclose that Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 researchers have discovered one vulnerability addressed by the Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC) as part of their January 2018 security update release.

CVE Vulnerability Name Affected Products Maximum Severity Rating Impact Researcher(s)
CVE-2018-0762 Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability Internet Explorer 9, 10, 11, Microsoft Edge Critical Remote Code Execution Tao Yan

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Palo Alto Networks is a regular contributor to vulnerability research in Microsoft, Adobe, Apple, Google Android and other ecosystems. By proactively identifying these vulnerabilities, developing protections for our customers, and sharing the information with the security community, we are removing weapons used by attackers to threaten users, and compromise enterprise, government, and service provider networks.

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