PT-2016-2488 · Microsoft · Internet Explorer 11+2

Published 2016-07-12 · Updated 2018-10-12 · CVE-2016-3276

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

3.1

Low

Base vector

AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Microsoft Internet Explorer 11 and Microsoft Edge (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue is related to a spoofing attack that can be conducted via a crafted URL. It is caused by inadequate access control and improper parsing of HTML content in reader mode. An attacker could exploit this to trick a user into visiting a specially crafted website, which could then spoof content or be used to chain an attack with other vulnerabilities in web services.

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

Improper Access Control

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-284

Related Identifiers

BDU:2016-01879

CVE-2016-3276

Affected Products

Edge

Internet Explorer

Internet Explorer 11

References · 11

• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-085 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3276 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-3276 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2016-01879 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-3276 · Vendor Advisory
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-084 · Vendor Advisory
• http://technet.microsoft.com/security/bulletin/MS16-084 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1036283 · Note
• http://technet.microsoft.com/library/security/ms16-084 · Note
• http://technet.microsoft.com/security/bulletin/MS16-085 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/91593 · Note