Internet Explorer, the gift that keeps on giving. Looks like we have a brand new JScript bug. According to ADV200001: A remote code execution vulnerab
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Yet another JScript vulnerability
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AskWoody LoungerI’m a home user with one windows7 computer and have Firefox 72.0.1 as my default browser, should I disable JScript in IE11?
Under Scripting there are 3 areas that are enabled, Active scripting, Enable XSS filter & Scripting of Java applets. Allow Programmatic clipboard access which is set to Prompt. Disable all???
Edition Windows 11 Pro
Version 22H2
Installed on 10/19/2022
OS build 22621.1702-
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GuestI would open Control Panel and go to Programs and Features. Then on the top left click on “Turn Windows Features on or off”.
Next find Internet Explorer 11 and uncheck the box.
I did this a couple of years ago and it hasn’t affected other programs or websites for me.
Consider using NoScript with Firefox and although there is a bit of a learning curve any inconvenience will give you a more secure system as payback. Also HTTPS Everywhere is another secure option.
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Microfix
AskWoody MVPLooks like MSFT has issued a temporary workaround for the IE vulnerability with instructions how to implement and undo for when a hot-fix-patch is released.
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-us/security-guidance/advisory/ADV200001
MSFT catalog patch for Windows 7 only? dunno, time will tell..
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AskWoody LoungerIt also causes “sfc” on Win7 to emit a cryptic error message, something about files it tried to restore but couldn’t, presumably because “sfc” also can no longer read the jscript.dll files after the workaround is implemented. Since the logfile generated by “sfc” is effectively unparsable by mere mortals, it is difficult to determine exactly what “sfc” is complaining about. Therefore, you may not want to implement this workaround if you rely on “sfc” to validate the health of your Win7 system.
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AskWoody PlusInteresting. I disabled jscript per the advisory, and Internet Explorer still worked fine (not that I use it much anymore,) but Firefox crashed at startup until I enabled it again. Waterfox, Pale Moon, and IceDragon, however, did not seem to be affected.
Disabling jscript may also have broken Panda Dome, though I’m not sure about that, as this as a possible cause of the issues it was having did not occur to me until after I’d already given up in frustration and replaced it with Avast.
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AskWoody LoungerWe @0patch are planning to issue a micropatch for this next week which will prevent Internet Explorer from loading jscript.dll. This will not affect the permissions on jscript.dll and will likely keep the sfc command unaffected. It would be nice to learn from other users implementing Microsoft’s workaround what else that workaround breaks.
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