Title

The Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit (EMET) V4.1 Update 1 or later must be installed on the system. (Cat I impact)

Discussion

Attackers are constantly looking for vulnerabilities in systems and applications. The Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit can enable several mechanisms, such as Data Execution Prevention (DEP), Address Space Layout Randomization (ASLR), and Structured Exception Handler Overwrite Protection (SEHOP) on the system and applications adding additional levels of protection.

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This is applicable to unclassified systems, for other systems this is NA. Install EMET V4.1 Update 1 or later on the system. EMET is available for download from Microsoft. Microsoft support for EMET V4.x ends 9 June 2015. Organizations should plan to update to a supported version.

Additional Identifiers

Rule ID: SV-50948r4_rule

Vulnerability ID: V-39137

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