PT-2016-1019 · Microsoft · Internet Explorer

Published 2016-01-12 · Updated 2018-10-12 · CVE-2016-0005

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.8

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Microsoft Internet Explorer versions 9 through 11

Description The issue is related to the improper enforcement of cross-domain policies in Internet Explorer, which could allow a remote attacker to bypass the Same Origin Policy. This could enable an attacker to access information from one domain and inject it into another domain. The vulnerability itself does not allow arbitrary code execution but could be used in conjunction with another vulnerability, such as a remote code execution vulnerability, to take advantage of elevated privileges.

Recommendations For Microsoft Internet Explorer versions 9 through 11, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

CWE-264

Related Identifiers

BDU:2016-00085

CVE-2016-0005

Affected Products

Internet Explorer

References · 8

• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2016-00085 · Security Note
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-001 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-0005 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-0005 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-0005 · Vendor Advisory
• 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