PT-2015-2992 · Microsoft · Internet Explorer+1

Published 2015-12-08 · Updated 2018-10-12 · CVE-2015-6139

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 version 11 Microsoft Edge (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue is related to the mishandling of content types by the browsers, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary web script in a privileged context via a crafted web site. An attacker who successfully exploits the vulnerability could run arbitrary script with elevated privileges.

Recommendations For Microsoft Internet Explorer version 11: At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability. For Microsoft Edge: 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:2016-00196

CVE-2015-6139

Affected Products

Edge

Internet Explorer

References · 11

• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2015/ms15-125 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2016-00196 · Security Note
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2015/ms15-124 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-6139 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-6139 · Security Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1034315 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1034316 · Note
• http://technet.microsoft.com/security/bulletin/ms15-124 · Note
• http://technet.microsoft.com/security/bulletin/MS15-125 · Note
• http://technet.microsoft.com/security/bulletin/ms15-125 · Note
• http://technet.microsoft.com/security/bulletin/MS15-124 · Note