PT-2016-1018 · Microsoft · Jscript+2

Published 2016-01-12 · Updated 2018-10-12 · CVE-2016-0002

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 versions 8 through 11 VBScript versions 5.7 and 5.8 JScript versions 5.7 and 5.8

Description The issue is related to the handling of objects in memory by the VBScript engine in Internet Explorer, allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted web site. This could corrupt memory in such a way that an attacker could execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user. If the current user is logged on with administrative user rights, an attacker who successfully exploited the issue could take control of an affected system, then install programs, view, change, or delete data, or create new accounts with full user rights.

Recommendations For Internet Explorer versions 8 through 11, update the VBScript and JScript engines to a non-vulnerable version. For VBScript versions 5.7 and 5.8, consider disabling the scripting engine until a patch is available. For JScript versions 5.7 and 5.8, restrict access to the scripting engine to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

RCE

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

CWE-264

Related Identifiers

BDU:2016-00084

CVE-2016-0002

Affected Products

Internet Explorer

Jscript

Vbscript

References · 11

• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-003 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-0002 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-0002 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2016-00084 · Security Note
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-001 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-0002 · Vendor Advisory
• https://verisign.com/en_US/security-services/security-intelligence/vulnerability-reports/articles/index.xhtml?id=1215 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1034650 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1034648 · Note
• http://technet.microsoft.com/security/bulletin/ms16-001 · Note
• https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/security/ms16-001.aspx · Note