Internet explorer suffers a new vulnerability

Internet Explorer has lost ground in the market, although there are still companies and organizations that use it as their main browser. Although for a long time that the problems accumulate in it. In fact, a new vulnerability has now been discovered, which could put your computer's security in jeopardy, as has been learned from security researchers.

Internet Explorer suffers a new vulnerability

In this case it is a security failure due to the MHT file system used in the browser. It was security researcher John Page who discovered this flaw.

Internet Explorer crash

In MHT or MHTML files we are faced with files in which the web page is filed in a single pack. So it includes images, animations, HTML code and much more. In this case, the specific threat is that the attacker could execute malicious code and thus have access to any content that has been stored in any of these data packages.

Also, keep in mind that Internet Explorer is the default app in Windows in which this type of files is stored when storing a web page. Although it is a format whose presence has been significantly reduced, it is still in use in many cases. This bug affects versions like Windows 10, Windows 7 or Windows Server 2012 R2.

Microsoft has already been informed of the failure, as the security researcher has commented. There was a period of three months until a patch was released, before making the vulnerability public. But the company has not released any solutions for this failure. So there is still a risk for users.

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