PT-2015-2342 · Microsoft · Internet Explorer

Published 2015-10-13 · Updated 2018-10-12 · CVE-2015-6049

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 vulnerability 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. The vulnerability is also described as a buffer overflow.

Recommendations For Microsoft Internet Explorer versions 7 through 11, update to a version that is not affected by this issue to prevent exploitation. 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:2015-11707

CVE-2015-6049

Affected Products

Internet Explorer

References · 7

• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-11707 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-6049 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-6049 · 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