PT-2015-3021 · Microsoft · Edge

Published 2015-12-08 · Updated 2018-10-12 · CVE-2015-6176

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.3

Medium

Base vector

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

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

Description The issue is related to how Microsoft Edge handles HTML attributes in HTTP responses, allowing remote attackers to bypass a cross-site scripting (XSS) protection mechanism. This could enable an attacker to run initially disabled scripts in the wrong security context, potentially leading to information disclosure. The estimated number of potentially affected devices and details about real-world incidents where this issue was exploited are not provided.

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

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

BDU:2016-00225

CVE-2015-6176

Affected Products

Edge

References · 7

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-6176 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-6176 · Security Note
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2015/ms15-125 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2016-00225 · 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