PT-2016-2514 · Microsoft · Internet Explorer

Published 2016-07-12 · Updated 2018-10-12 · CVE-2016-3240

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 Internet Explorer (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue is caused by a buffer overflow and improper memory object access, allowing a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a specially crafted website. This could lead to an attacker taking control of an affected system, installing programs, viewing, changing, or deleting data, or creating new accounts with full user rights, especially if the current user has administrative privileges.

Recommendations 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:2016-01905

CVE-2016-3240

Affected Products

Internet Explorer

References · 9

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-3240 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-3240 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3240 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2016-01905 · 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://technet.microsoft.com/library/security/ms16-084 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/91568 · Note