PT-2016-2509 · Microsoft · Internet Explorer

Published 2016-07-12 · Updated 2018-10-12 · CVE-2016-3245

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.5

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Microsoft Internet Explorer versions 9 through 11

Description The issue is related to insufficient access control in Internet Explorer, allowing remote attackers to trick users into making TCP connections to a restricted port via a crafted web site. An attacker could exploit this to connect a user to a remote system.

Recommendations For Microsoft Internet Explorer versions 9 through 11, 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:2016-01900

CVE-2016-3245

Affected Products

Internet Explorer

References · 9

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3245 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-3245 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-3245 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2016-01900 · Security Note
• 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://securityfocus.com/bid/91585 · Note
• http://technet.microsoft.com/library/security/ms16-084 · Note