PT-2015-1155 · Microsoft · Internet Explorer

Published 2015-05-12 · Updated 2018-10-12 · CVE-2015-1658

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 Internet Explorer (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue is related to memory handling errors, allowing a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service by using a specially crafted web page. This could corrupt memory, enabling the attacker to execute code in the context of the current user. If the user has administrative rights, the attacker could gain complete control of the system, install programs, view or modify data, or create new accounts with full rights.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

RCE

DoS

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

BDU:2015-10042

CVE-2015-1658

Affected Products

Internet Explorer

References · 9

• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2015/ms15-043 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-10042 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-1658 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-1658 · Security Note
• http://technet.microsoft.com/security/bulletin/MS15-043 · Note
• http://technet.microsoft.com/security/bulletin/ms15-043 · Note
• https://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2015-1658 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1032282 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/74504 · Note