PT-2015-1162 · Microsoft · Internet Explorer

Published 2015-05-12 · Updated 2018-10-12 · CVE-2015-1709

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 versions 7 through 11

Description The issue is related to memory corruption, allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service via a 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 is logged on with administrative user rights, an attacker who successfully exploited the issue could take complete control of an affected system.

Recommendations For Microsoft Internet Explorer versions 7 through 11, update to a version that is not affected by this issue to prevent exploitation. 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:2015-10049

CVE-2015-1709

ZDI-15-222

Affected Products

Internet Explorer

References · 10

• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2015/ms15-043 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-1709 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-1709 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-10049 · Security Note
• https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-15-222 · Security 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/74512 · Note
• https://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2015-1709 · Note