PT-2015-2341 · Microsoft · Internet Explorer

Published 2015-10-13 · Updated 2023-02-13 · CVE-2015-6048

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 7 through 11

Description The issue is caused by memory corruption, allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service via a crafted web site. This could corrupt memory in such a way that an attacker could execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user. If the current user is logged on with administrative user rights, an attacker who successfully exploited the issue could take control of an affected system, then install programs, view, change, or delete data, or create new accounts with full user rights.

Recommendations For Microsoft Internet Explorer versions 7 through 11, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this issue.

Fix

RCE

DoS

Buffer Overflow

Memory Corruption

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

CWE-787

Related Identifiers

BDU:2015-11706

CVE-2015-6048

Affected Products

Internet Explorer

References · 7

• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2015/ms15-106 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-6048 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-6048 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-11706 · Security Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1033800 · Note
• http://technet.microsoft.com/security/bulletin/ms15-106 · Note
• http://technet.microsoft.com/security/bulletin/MS15-106 · Note