{"id":4320,"date":"2014-04-30T10:08:25","date_gmt":"2014-04-30T14:08:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pcrecruiter.net\/?p=4320"},"modified":"2024-01-11T11:28:56","modified_gmt":"2024-01-11T16:28:56","slug":"zero-day-vulnerability-in-internet-explorer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pcrecruiter.net\/site\/2014\/04\/30\/zero-day-vulnerability-in-internet-explorer\/","title":{"rendered":"Zero-Day Vulnerability in Internet Explorer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\tOn April 26, 2014 Microsoft released <a href=\"https:\/\/technet.microsoft.com\/en-us\/library\/security\/2963983.aspx\">Security Advisory 2963983<\/a> for Microsoft Internet Explorer. This issue is a zero-day vulnerability, which means the exploit depends on a flaw already present in affected systems. There is steady activity underway at Microsoft and the various security product vendors such as McAfee and Symantec to mitigate this risk.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"line-height: 1.6em;\">Because this issue is non-specific to PCRecruiter and involves the administration of our customer&#39;s computer systems, Main Sequence has no recommendation on the use \/ non-use or configuration of Internet Explorer.&nbsp;PCRecruiter offers Java downloads for use with Chrome, Safari, and Firefox browsers, but we have not tested all versions of those browsers in all possible environments. <\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"line-height: 1.6em;\">Reports indicate that operating Internet Explorer with &quot;Enhanced Protected Mode&quot; configured or using the Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit (EMET) version 4.1 or the new 5.0 Tech Preview edition&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.6em;\">will avoid the vulnerability. PCRecruiter has been tested to a limited extent with &quot;Enhanced Protected Mode&quot; and appears to operate normally.&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.6em;\">You will need to ensure that EMET is configured to protect IE if you select that option.<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"line-height: 1.6em;\">If you experience unexpected system behavior when using PCRecruiter with any browser, our technical support staff can process error reports and work with you to resolve issues.<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"line-height: 1.6em;\">Please see this item regarding the vulnerability for more information:<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\thttp:\/\/blog.securestate.com\/<wbr \/>cve-2014-1776-internet-<wbr \/>explorer-0-day-vulnerability\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4320","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.6 - 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