PT-2016-3011 · Microsoft · Internet Explorer

Published 2016-12-13 · Updated 2018-10-12 · CVE-2016-7283

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 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. This could corrupt memory, enabling an attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user. If the current user has administrative 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 versions 9 through 11, update to a version that is not affected by this issue to prevent exploitation. 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:2017-00095

CVE-2016-7283

Affected Products

Internet Explorer

References · 9

• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-7283 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-7283 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-7283 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2017-00095 · Security Note
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-144 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/94726 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1037448 · Note
• http://technet.microsoft.com/security/bulletin/MS16-144 · Note
• http://technet.microsoft.com/library/security/MS16-144 · Note