PT-2015-1551 · Microsoft · Internet Explorer

Zheng Huang · Published 2015-07-14 · Updated 2018-10-12 · CVE-2015-2408

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 caused by a buffer overflow in dynamic memory, allowing a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service via a specially crafted website. This can corrupt memory, enabling an attacker to execute code in the context of the current user. If the current 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:2015-10857

CVE-2015-2408

ZDI-15-458

Affected Products

Internet Explorer

References · 9

• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-10857 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-2408 · Security Note
• https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-15-458 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-2408 · Security Note
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2015/ms15-065 · Vendor Advisory
• http://technet.microsoft.com/security/bulletin/MS15-065 · Note
• http://technet.microsoft.com/security/bulletin/ms15-065 · Note
• http://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-15-458 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1032894 · Note