PT-2016-1674 · Microsoft · Internet Explorer

Henry Li + 1 · Published 2016-04-12 · Updated 2018-10-12 · CVE-2016-0166

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.6

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Internet Explorer versions prior to the fixed version

Description The issue is caused by a buffer overflow and improper access to objects in memory, allowing a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service via a specially crafted web site. This could lead to memory corruption, enabling the attacker to execute code in the context of the current user. If the user has administrative rights, the attacker could gain control of the system, install programs, view or modify data, or create new accounts with full rights.

Recommendations For Internet Explorer versions prior to the fixed version: update to the latest version to resolve the issue. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

RCE

DoS

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

BDU:2016-01000

CVE-2016-0166

ZDI-16-230

Affected Products

Internet Explorer

References · 10

• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-037 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2016-01000 · Security Note
• https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-16-230 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-0166 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-0166 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-0166 · Security Note
• http://technet.microsoft.com/library/security/ms16-037 · Note
• http://technet.microsoft.com/security/bulletin/MS16-037 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1035521 · Note
• http://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-16-230 · Note