PT-2015-1548 · Microsoft · Internet Explorer

Published 2015-07-14 · Updated 2018-10-12 · CVE-2015-2403

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 8

Description The issue is caused by memory corruption, allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service via a crafted web site. This vulnerability could corrupt memory in such a way that an attacker could execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could gain the same user rights as the current user. If the current user is logged on with administrative user rights, an attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could take complete control of an affected system.

Recommendations For Microsoft Internet Explorer version 8, 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:2015-10854

CVE-2015-2403

ZDI-15-329

Affected Products

Internet Explorer

References · 8

• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-2403 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-10854 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-2403 · Security Note
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2015/ms15-065 · Vendor Advisory
• https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-15-329 · Security Note
• http://technet.microsoft.com/security/bulletin/MS15-065 · Note
• http://technet.microsoft.com/security/bulletin/ms15-065 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1032894 · Note