PT-2016-2588 · Microsoft · Internet Explorer 11+1

Published 2016-08-09 · Updated 2018-10-12 · CVE-2016-3290

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 11 (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted web page. This is due to improper access to objects in memory, which could corrupt memory and enable 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. The vulnerability is also described as a buffer overflow issue.

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

RCE

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

BDU:2016-01980

CVE-2016-3290

Affected Products

Internet Explorer

Internet Explorer 11

References · 9

• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-095 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-3290 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3290 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-3290 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2016-01980 · Security Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1036562 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/92322 · Note
• https://technet.microsoft.com/library/security/MS16-095 · Note
• http://technet.microsoft.com/library/security/ms16-095 · Note