PT-2016-2890 · Microsoft · Internet Explorer

Published 2016-10-11 · Updated 2018-10-12 · CVE-2016-3384

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

9.3

High

Base vector

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

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

Description The issue allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service due to memory corruption via a crafted web site. This is caused by a buffer overflow in memory. The vulnerability can be exploited by an attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user. If the user has administrative rights, the attacker could take control of the system, install programs, view, change or delete data, or create new accounts with full user rights.

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.

RCE

DoS

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

BDU:2016-02321

CVE-2016-3384

ZDI-16-534

Affected Products

Internet Explorer

References · 10

• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-118 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2016-02321 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3384 · Security Note
• https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-16-534 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-3384 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-3384 · Security Note
• http://technet.microsoft.com/library/security/MS16-118 · Note
• http://technet.microsoft.com/security/bulletin/MS16-118 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/93393 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1036992 · Note