PT-2016-1685 · Microsoft · Edge+1

Published 2016-04-12 · Updated 2018-10-12 · CVE-2016-0154

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 Microsoft Internet Explorer versions 9 through 11 Microsoft Edge (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue is caused by a buffer overflow, allowing a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a specially crafted web site. This vulnerability 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 Microsoft Internet Explorer versions 9 through 11, update to a version that is not affected by this issue. For Microsoft Edge, 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:2016-01011

CVE-2016-0154

Affected Products

Edge

Internet Explorer

References · 12

• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-037 · Vendor Advisory
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-038 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2016-01011 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-0154 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-0154 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-0154 · Security Note
• http://technet.microsoft.com/library/security/ms16-037 · Note
• http://technet.microsoft.com/security/bulletin/MS16-038 · Note
• http://technet.microsoft.com/security/bulletin/MS16-037 · Note
• http://technet.microsoft.com/library/security/ms16-038 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1035521 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1035522 · Note