PT-2015-5426 · Microsoft · Internet Explorer

Published 2015-05-12 · Updated 2018-10-12 · CVE-2015-1685

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.3

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Microsoft Internet Explorer version 11

Description A security feature bypass issue exists due to the failure of Internet Explorer to use the Address Space Layout Randomization (ASLR) security feature. This allows an attacker to more reliably predict memory offsets, potentially bypassing ASLR protection when combined with another vulnerability, such as a remote code execution issue. The bypass by itself does not enable arbitrary code execution but could facilitate it when used with another vulnerability.

Recommendations For Microsoft Internet Explorer version 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-2015-1685

Affected Products

Internet Explorer

References · 6

• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2015/ms15-043 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-1685 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-1685 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/74516 · Note
• http://technet.microsoft.com/security/bulletin/ms15-043 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1032282 · Note