PT-2015-2338 · Microsoft · Internet Explorer

Published 2015-10-13 · Updated 2018-10-12 · CVE-2015-6044

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.8

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Microsoft Internet Explorer version 8

Description The issue is related to insufficient access restrictions to certain functions in Internet Explorer, allowing a remote attacker to gain elevated privileges via a crafted web site. This can occur when Internet Explorer does not properly validate permissions under specific conditions, potentially allowing a script to be run with elevated privileges. The issue by itself does not allow arbitrary code to be run but could be used in conjunction with another vulnerability to take advantage of the elevated privileges.

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

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-264

Related Identifiers

BDU:2015-11703

CVE-2015-6044

Affected Products

Internet Explorer

References · 7

• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-6044 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-11703 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-6044 · Security Note
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2015/ms15-106 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1033800 · Note
• http://technet.microsoft.com/security/bulletin/MS15-106 · Note
• http://technet.microsoft.com/security/bulletin/ms15-106 · Note