PT-2015-4429 · Microsoft · Internet Explorer

Published 2015-02-10 · Updated 2018-10-12 · CVE-2015-0054

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 Internet Explorer versions 7 through 11

Description The issue allows remote attackers to gain privileges via a crafted web site. It is an elevation of privilege vulnerability that exists when Internet Explorer does not properly validate permissions under specific conditions, potentially allowing script to be run with elevated privileges. This issue by itself does not allow arbitrary code to be run, but it could be used in conjunction with another vulnerability, such as a remote code execution vulnerability, to take advantage of the elevated privileges when running arbitrary code.

Recommendations For Microsoft Internet Explorer versions 7 through 11, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-264

Related Identifiers

CVE-2015-0054

Affected Products

Internet Explorer

References · 6

• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2015/ms15-009 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-0054 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-0054 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/72478 · Note
• http://technet.microsoft.com/security/bulletin/ms15-009 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1031723 · Note