PT-2015-1820 · Microsoft · Internet Explorer

Published 2015-08-11 · Updated 2018-10-12 · CVE-2015-2448

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 9 through 10

Description The issue is caused by a buffer overflow, allowing a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service via a specially crafted web site. This vulnerability could corrupt memory, enabling an attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user. If the 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 user rights.

Recommendations For Internet Explorer versions 9 and 10, 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:2015-11166

CVE-2015-2448

ZDI-15-383

Affected Products

Internet Explorer

References · 9

• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2015/ms15-079 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-2448 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-2448 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-11166 · Security Note
• https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-15-383 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/76191 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1033237 · Note
• http://technet.microsoft.com/security/bulletin/MS15-079 · Note
• http://technet.microsoft.com/security/bulletin/ms15-079 · Note