PT-2015-2340 · Microsoft · Internet Explorer

Ashutosh Mehra · Published 2015-10-13 · Updated 2018-10-12 · CVE-2015-6047

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 versions 8 through 11

Description The issue is related to the EditWith feature in Microsoft Internet Explorer, which allows remote attackers to bypass the AppContainer protection mechanism and gain privileges. This can be achieved via a DelegateExecute launch of an arbitrary application, demonstrating a transition from Low Integrity to Medium Integrity. The vulnerability exists due to insufficient access restrictions to certain functions, potentially allowing a script to be run with elevated privileges under specific conditions. However, it does not allow arbitrary code to be run by itself but could be used in conjunction with another vulnerability to take advantage of the elevated privileges.

Recommendations For Microsoft Internet Explorer versions 8 through 11, 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:2015-11705

CVE-2015-6047

ZDI-15-522

Affected Products

Internet Explorer

References · 9

• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-6047 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-6047 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-11705 · Security Note
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2015/ms15-106 · Vendor Advisory
• https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-15-522 · Security Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1033800 · Note
• http://technet.microsoft.com/security/bulletin/MS15-106 · Note
• http://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-15-522 · Note
• http://technet.microsoft.com/security/bulletin/ms15-106 · Note