PT-2015-4431 · Microsoft · Internet Explorer

Published 2015-03-10 · Updated 2018-10-12 · CVE-2015-0056

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 Internet Explorer (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue arises from improper memory object access in Internet Explorer, potentially leading to memory corruption and allowing an attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user. This could grant the attacker the same user rights as 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 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-2015-0056

ZDI-15-077

Affected Products

Internet Explorer

References · 7

• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-0056 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-0056 · Security Note
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2015/ms15-018 · Vendor Advisory
• https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-15-077 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/72924 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1031888 · Note
• http://technet.microsoft.com/security/bulletin/ms15-018 · Note