PT-2016-1678 · Microsoft · Edge

Published 2016-04-12 · Updated 2018-10-12 · CVE-2016-0161

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.3

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Microsoft Edge (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue is related to errors in security settings, allowing a remote attacker to bypass the Same Origin Policy. It is an elevation of privilege vulnerability that occurs when Microsoft Edge does not properly validate JavaScript under specific conditions, potentially allowing a script to be run with elevated privileges. This issue does not allow arbitrary code to be run on its own but could be used in conjunction with another vulnerability, such as a remote code execution vulnerability, to take advantage of the elevated privileges.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-254

Related Identifiers

BDU:2016-01004

CVE-2016-0161

Affected Products

Edge

References · 7

• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-038 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-0161 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-0161 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2016-01004 · Security Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1035522 · Note
• http://technet.microsoft.com/security/bulletin/MS16-038 · Note
• http://technet.microsoft.com/library/security/ms16-038 · Note