PT-2016-2891 · Microsoft · Internet Explorer

Published 2016-10-11 · Updated 2018-10-12 · CVE-2016-3383

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 Internet Explorer versions 10 through 11

Description The issue is caused by a buffer overflow in memory, allowing a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a specially crafted web site. Multiple remote code execution vulnerabilities exist in the way that Internet Explorer accesses objects in memory, which could corrupt memory and allow 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 Internet Explorer versions 10 and 11, update to a newer version to mitigate the risk. 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:2016-02322

CVE-2016-3383

ZDI-16-533

Affected Products

Internet Explorer

References · 10

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3383 · Security Note
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-118 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-3383 · Security Note
• https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-16-533 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-3383 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2016-02322 · Security Note
• http://technet.microsoft.com/library/security/MS16-118 · Note
• http://technet.microsoft.com/security/bulletin/MS16-118 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/93396 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1036992 · Note