PT-2016-2511 · Microsoft · Internet Explorer

Published 2016-07-12 · Updated 2018-10-12 · CVE-2016-3243

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 10 through 11

Description The issue is caused by memory corruption, allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service via a crafted web site. This occurs when Internet Explorer improperly accesses objects in memory, potentially corrupting memory and enabling an attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user. If the current user has administrative user rights, the attacker could take control of the affected system, install programs, view, change, or delete data, or create new accounts with full user rights.

Recommendations For Microsoft Internet Explorer versions 10 and 11, 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:2016-01902

CVE-2016-3243

Affected Products

Internet Explorer

References · 9

• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-3243 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-3243 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2016-01902 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3243 · 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/91571 · Note
• http://technet.microsoft.com/library/security/ms16-084 · Note