PT-2015-5428 · Microsoft · Internet Explorer

Published 2015-05-12 · Updated 2018-10-12 · CVE-2015-1688

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.8

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Microsoft Internet Explorer versions 7 through 11

Description The issue is related to an elevation of privilege vulnerability. It occurs 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. However, it could be used in conjunction with another vulnerability, such as a remote code execution vulnerability, that could 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-2015-1688

Affected Products

Internet Explorer

References · 6

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-1688 · Security Note
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2015/ms15-043 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-1688 · Security Note
• http://technet.microsoft.com/security/bulletin/ms15-043 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/74519 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1032282 · Note