PT-2014-7178 · Microsoft · Internet Explorer

Published 2014-11-11 · Updated 2018-10-12 · CVE-2014-6348

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

9.3

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Microsoft Internet Explorer version 9

Description The issue allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service due to memory corruption via a crafted web site. It occurs when Internet Explorer improperly accesses objects in memory, potentially corrupting memory in a way that enables an attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user. If the current user has administrative user rights, a successful exploitation could grant an attacker complete control of the affected system, allowing them to install programs, view, change, or delete data, or create new accounts with full user rights.

Recommendations For Microsoft Internet Explorer version 9, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

DoS

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-399

Related Identifiers

CVE-2014-6348

ZDI-14-380

Affected Products

Internet Explorer

References · 7

• https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-14-380 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-6348 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-6348 · Security Note
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2014/ms14-065 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/70348 · Note
• http://technet.microsoft.com/security/bulletin/ms14-065 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1031185 · Note