PT-2015-5400 · Microsoft · Internet Explorer

Published 2015-03-10 · Updated 2018-10-12 · CVE-2015-1627

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 An elevation of privilege issue exists due to improper validation of permissions under specific conditions, potentially allowing script to be run with elevated privileges. This issue does not allow arbitrary code to be run by itself but could be used in conjunction with another vulnerability, such as a remote code execution vulnerability, to take advantage of 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-2015-1627

Affected Products

Internet Explorer

References · 6

• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2015/ms15-018 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-1627 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-1627 · Security Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1031888 · Note
• http://technet.microsoft.com/security/bulletin/ms15-018 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/72932 · Note