From ComputerWorld: Microsoft rarely mentions Internet Explorer (IE) anymore, but when it does, it usually means bad news.
So it was Wednesday, when Microsoft issued a rare emergency security update to plug a critical vulnerability in the still-supported IE9, IE10 and IE11. The flaw was reported to Microsoft by Google security engineer Clement Lecigne.
According to Microsoft, attackers are already exploiting the vulnerability, making it a classic "zero-day" bug. Because of that, the company released a fix before the next round of security updates scheduled for Jan. 8.
The update was issued to Windows 7, 8.1 and 10 - the latter with patches for versions 1607 and later - as well as Windows Server 2008, 2012, 2016 and 2019. (Updates for some versions of Windows 10 - 1607 and 1703 - were available only to Windows 10 Enterprise and Windows 10 Education.)
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