PT-2015-3019 · Microsoft · Edge

Published 2015-12-08 · Updated 2018-10-12 · CVE-2015-6170

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.8

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Microsoft Edge (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue is related to insufficient access control in Microsoft Edge, allowing a remote attacker to elevate their privileges using a specially crafted web site. This occurs because Microsoft Edge does not properly validate permissions under specific conditions, potentially allowing script to be run with elevated privileges.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-264

Related Identifiers

BDU:2016-00223

CVE-2015-6170

Affected Products

Edge

References · 7

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-6170 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-6170 · Security Note
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2015/ms15-125 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2016-00223 · Security Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1034316 · Note
• http://technet.microsoft.com/security/bulletin/MS15-125 · Note
• http://technet.microsoft.com/security/bulletin/ms15-125 · Note