PT-2015-3008 · Microsoft · Internet Explorer+1

Published 2015-12-08 · Updated 2018-10-12 · CVE-2015-6155

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 10 through 11 Microsoft Edge (affected versions not specified)

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 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.

Recommendations For Microsoft Internet Explorer versions 10 through 11, update to a version that is not affected by this issue. For Microsoft Edge, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this issue.

Fix

DoS

RCE

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

BDU:2016-00212

CVE-2015-6155

Affected Products

Edge

Internet Explorer

References · 12

• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2016-00212 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-6155 · Security Note
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2015/ms15-125 · Vendor Advisory
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2015/ms15-124 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-6155 · Security Note
• https://verisign.com/en_US/security-services/security-intelligence/vulnerability-reports/articles/index.xhtml?id=1212 · 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