PT-2015-4419 · Microsoft · Internet Explorer

Published 2015-02-10 · Updated 2018-10-12 · CVE-2015-0043

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 8 through 11

Description A remote code execution issue exists due to improper memory access, potentially leading to memory corruption. This could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user. If the current user has administrative rights, the attacker could gain complete control of the system, enabling them to install programs, view, change, or delete data, or create new accounts with full user rights.

Recommendations For Microsoft Internet Explorer versions 8 through 11, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

RCE

DoS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-399

Related Identifiers

CVE-2015-0043

ZDI-15-025

ZDI-15-102

Affected Products

Internet Explorer

References · 8

• https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-15-102 · Security Note
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2015/ms15-009 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-0043 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-0043 · Security Note
• https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-15-025 · Security Note
• http://technet.microsoft.com/security/bulletin/ms15-009 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/72413 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1031723 · Note