PT-2016-2927 · Microsoft · Internet Explorer 11+2

Natashenka · Published 2016-11-08 · Updated 2018-10-12 · CVE-2016-7241

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) Microsoft Edge (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue is caused by a memory corruption vulnerability that allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service via a crafted web site. This is due to the way Microsoft browsers access 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 Microsoft Internet Explorer 11, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability. For Microsoft Edge, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

DoS

RCE

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

BDU:2016-02358

CVE-2016-7241

Affected Products

Edge

Internet Explorer

Internet Explorer 11

References · 16

• 🔥 https://github.com/tunz/js-vuln-db/blob/master/chakra/CVE-2016-7241.md · Exploit
• 🔥 http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/139991/Microsoft-Edge-JSON.parse-Information-Leak.html · Exploit
• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/40875 · Exploit
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-129 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-7241 · Vendor Advisory
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-142 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-7241 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-7241 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2016-02358 · Security Note
• https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=952 · Note
• http://technet.microsoft.com/library/security/MS16-129 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/94055 · Note
• http://technet.microsoft.com/security/bulletin/MS16-142 · Note
• http://technet.microsoft.com/library/security/MS16-142 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1037245 · Note