PT-2016-2492 · Microsoft · Edge

Published 2016-07-12 · Updated 2018-10-12 · CVE-2016-3271

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.3

Medium

Base vector

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

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

Description The issue is related to the VBScript engine in Microsoft Edge, which improperly discloses the contents of its memory. This could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information from process memory via a specially crafted web site. To exploit the issue, an attacker must know the memory address of where the object was created.

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

Information Disclosure

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-200

Related Identifiers

BDU:2016-01883

CVE-2016-3271

ZDI-16-413

Affected Products

Edge

References · 9

• https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-16-413 · Security Note
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-085 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2016-01883 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-3271 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3271 · Security Note
• http://technet.microsoft.com/security/bulletin/MS16-085 · Note
• http://technet.microsoft.com/library/security/ms16-085 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/91586 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1036286 · Note