PT-2015-1816 · Microsoft · Internet Explorer

Moritz Jodeit · Published 2015-08-11 · Updated 2018-10-12 · CVE-2015-2444

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 11

Description The issue is caused by a buffer overflow. Exploitation of this issue may allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service via a specially crafted web site. This vulnerability could corrupt memory, allowing an attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user. If the current user has administrative rights, an attacker could take complete control of the affected system, install programs, view, change, or delete data, or create new accounts with full user rights.

Recommendations For Internet Explorer versions 8 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.

Exploit

RCE

DoS

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

BDU:2015-11162

CVE-2015-2444

Affected Products

Internet Explorer

References · 9

• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/37764 · Exploit
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2015/ms15-079 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-2444 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-11162 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-2444 · Security Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1033237 · Note
• http://technet.microsoft.com/security/bulletin/MS15-079 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/76194 · Note
• http://technet.microsoft.com/security/bulletin/ms15-079 · Note