PT-2015-2996 · Microsoft · Internet Explorer

Zheng Huang · Published 2015-12-08 · Updated 2018-10-12 · CVE-2015-6143

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 (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue is caused by a buffer overflow in Internet Explorer, allowing a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) by using a specially crafted website. This vulnerability could corrupt memory, enabling an attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user. If the current user has administrative rights, a successful exploitation could allow the attacker to take control of the affected system, install programs, view, change, or delete data, or create new accounts with full user rights.

Recommendations 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:2016-00200

CVE-2015-6143

ZDI-15-584

Affected Products

Internet Explorer

References · 9

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-6143 · Security Note
• https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-15-584 · 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-2015-6143 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2016-00200 · Security Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1034315 · Note
• http://technet.microsoft.com/security/bulletin/ms15-124 · Note
• http://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-15-584 · Note
• http://technet.microsoft.com/security/bulletin/MS15-124 · Note