PT-2015-2990 · Microsoft · Internet Explorer 9+1

Published 2015-12-08 · Updated 2018-10-12 · CVE-2015-6134

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 9

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 occurs when Internet Explorer improperly accesses objects in memory, potentially corrupting memory and enabling an attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user. If the user has administrative rights, an attacker could take control of the system, install programs, view or modify data, or create new accounts with full user rights. The vulnerability is also described as a buffer overflow.

Recommendations For Internet Explorer 9, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

DoS

RCE

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

BDU:2016-00194

CVE-2015-6134

ZDI-15-600

Affected Products

Internet Explorer

Internet Explorer 9

References · 9

• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2016-00194 · Security Note
• https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-15-600 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-6134 · Security Note
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2015/ms15-124 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-6134 · Security Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1034315 · Note
• http://technet.microsoft.com/security/bulletin/ms15-124 · Note
• http://technet.microsoft.com/security/bulletin/MS15-124 · Note
• http://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-15-600 · Note