PT-2015-1818 · Microsoft · Internet Explorer+1

Published 2015-08-11 · Updated 2018-10-12 · CVE-2015-2446

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 11 Microsoft Edge (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue is caused by improper memory access, which can lead to memory corruption. This allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service via a specially crafted web site. If the current user has administrative rights, a successful exploitation could grant the attacker complete control of the system, enabling them to install programs, view, change, or delete data, or create new accounts with full user rights.

Recommendations For Microsoft Internet Explorer version 11, update to a version that includes the fix for this issue. For Microsoft Edge, 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:2015-11164

CVE-2015-2446

Affected Products

Edge

Internet Explorer

References · 9

• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2015/ms15-079 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-11164 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-2446 · Security Note
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2015/ms15-091 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-2446 · Security Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1033237 · Note
• http://technet.microsoft.com/security/bulletin/MS15-079 · Note
• http://technet.microsoft.com/security/bulletin/ms15-091 · Note
• http://technet.microsoft.com/security/bulletin/ms15-079 · Note