Recently (as in yesterday) Microsoft found a vital vulnerability in Internet Explorer that's being actively exploited and issued an emergency update for those applicable systems. The emergency update KB4483235 fixes the critical Ie exploit. It's advised to update your Windows 10 machine as quickly as possible to mitigate the exploit. You can find the download links to download KB4483235 below. KB4483235 is just a security fix, no features are added.

Generally, Windows 10 will automatically download the update whenever they are offered. You may also force Windows 10 to download KB4483235. To achieve that, open the Settings app, go to "Update and Security -> Windows Update" and then click the "Check for Updates" around the right panel.

If you have paused Windows 10 updates or Windows 10 isn't downloading the KB4483235 update, use below KB4483235 offline installer download links to download the update. Once downloaded, install it like every other software.

Direct Download Link to Download KB4483235 Offline Installer

Here is the direct download link to download KB4483235 update. This link contains download links for x86 (32-bit) and x64 (64-bit) systems. Based on your system architecture, download the one you need. You can install KB4483235 like any other software. Don't forget to restart Windows to use the update.

What's the Vulnerability And just how It Works

Internet Explorer includes a memory corruption flaw which lets the attackers manipulate the memory in such a way to execute arbitrary code. This all happens when you go to a booby-trapped website. When successfully exploited, the attacker will have exactly the same user privileges as the actual user while using system. As you can guess, when the current user is definitely an administrator, the attacker will also have the same privileges and can do pretty much anything around the exploited computer. If you are interested, you are able to know more about the exploit in the Microsoft Security Advisory CVE-2018-8653.

KB4483235 Change Log

This update includes quality improvements. No new operating-system features are being introduced within this update. Key changes include:

Security update to Ie.

That's it for the time being.