VML Exploit (Internet Explorer) and Workaround

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From F-Secure:

Once again there is a browser vulnerability that allows for the remote execution of code. And the only action necessary to become infected is to view a malicious webpage using Internet Explorer or an HTML formatted e-mail.

It was discovered in the wild by Sunbelt. Microsoft published Microsoft Security Advisory (925568) yesterday regarding the issue. The update is currently scheduled for October 10th - the next regular patch Tuesday. [ Read More… ]

They also list a workaround, which is to unregister vgx.dll. Like the Windows WMF Vulnerability from the beginning of this year, I guess I’ll write another batch file to silently unregister the DLL, use Group Policy to enforce it, then start rebooting all the computers in our building…

Hmm, guess I should go ahead and reboot the laptop into Windows and do that. At least I can be comfortable laying here on the couch while I’m doing it. sigh

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