PT-2015-2998 · Microsoft · Internet Explorer

Published 2015-12-08 · Updated 2018-10-12 · CVE-2015-6145

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 versions 7 through 8

Description The issue is caused by a buffer overflow. It allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a specially crafted web site. The vulnerability exists due to improper access to objects in memory, which could corrupt memory and allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user. If the current user has administrative rights, the attacker could take control of the affected system, install programs, view, change, or delete data, or create new accounts with full user rights.

Recommendations For Internet Explorer versions 7 and 8, 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:2016-00202

CVE-2015-6145

Affected Products

Internet Explorer

References · 7

• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-6145 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-6145 · Security Note
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2015/ms15-124 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2016-00202 · 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