PT-2015-1335 · Microsoft · Internet Explorer

Published 2015-06-09 · Updated 2018-10-12 · CVE-2015-1731

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 improper resource management and memory access in Internet Explorer, allowing a remote attacker to potentially execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service by using a specially crafted website. This could lead to corruption of 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 affected system, install programs, view, change, or delete data, or create new accounts with full user rights.

Recommendations 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

BDU:2015-10423

CVE-2015-1731

Affected Products

Internet Explorer

References · 7

• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-1731 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-10423 · Security Note
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2015/ms15-056 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-1731 · Security Note
• http://technet.microsoft.com/security/bulletin/ms15-056 · Note
• http://technet.microsoft.com/security/bulletin/MS15-056 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1032521 · Note