Internet Explorer Zero-Day Turns into Permanent Threat for XP Users

A zero-day exploit against Internet Explorer is currently being exploited in the wild. The exploit leverages a Flash exploitation technique that loads a SWF file to corrupt process memory and direct the programs flow to a memory location where malicious code is laid out. Microsoft has issued a patch for the issue, which affects all versions of Internet Explorer, including the archaic versions 6 through 8 which ship with the now-dead Windows XP. Windows XP users will not get the fix via Automatic Update.”]

Source: https://www.bitdefender.com/blog/hotforsecurity/internet-explorer-zero-day-turns-into-permanent-threat-for-xp-users/