PT-2015-1157 · Microsoft · Internet Explorer

Published 2015-05-12 · Updated 2018-10-12 · CVE-2015-1691

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 versions 8 through 9

Description The issue is related to memory corruption errors. It allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service via a specially crafted web site. This could corrupt memory in such a way that an attacker could execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user. If the current user has administrative rights, the attacker could take complete control of the system, install programs, view, change, or delete data, or create new accounts with full user rights.

Recommendations For Internet Explorer versions 8 and 9, update to a newer version to mitigate the risk. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to web sites that could potentially exploit this issue until a patch is available.

Fix

RCE

DoS

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

BDU:2015-10044

CVE-2015-1691

Affected Products

Internet Explorer

References · 9

• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2015/ms15-043 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-1691 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-10044 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-1691 · Security Note
• https://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2015-1691 · Note
• http://technet.microsoft.com/security/bulletin/MS15-043 · Note
• http://technet.microsoft.com/security/bulletin/ms15-043 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1032282 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/74507 · Note