PT-2016-1676 · Microsoft · Internet Explorer

Published 2016-04-12 · Updated 2018-10-12 · CVE-2016-0164

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 10 through 11

Description The issue is caused by memory corruption, allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service 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, the attacker 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 10 and 11, update to a newer version to mitigate the risk. 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:2016-01002

CVE-2016-0164

Affected Products

Internet Explorer

References · 9

• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-037 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2016-01002 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-0164 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-0164 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-0164 · Security Note
• http://technet.microsoft.com/library/security/ms16-037 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1035521 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/85922 · Note
• http://technet.microsoft.com/security/bulletin/MS16-037 · Note