Last updated on September 8th, 2018
Microsoft has acknowledged a string of active attacks that leverage a vulnerability in Microsoft XML Core Services 3.0, 4.0, 5.0 and 6.0. The vulnerability could allow hackers to execute their own code and assume control of the machine, once the victim receives the malware through a malicious website accessed by Internet Explorer. The vulnerability affects all supported releases of Microsoft Windows as well as all supported editions of Microsoft Office 2003 and Microsoft Office 2007.
