PT-2016-3016 · Microsoft · Internet Explorer

Published 2016-12-13 · Updated 2018-10-12 · CVE-2016-7278

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.3

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

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

Description The issue allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from process memory via a crafted web site. This is due to the lack of protection for internal data. An attacker who successfully exploits this issue could obtain information to further compromise a target system.

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.

Information Disclosure

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-200

Related Identifiers

BDU:2017-00100

CVE-2016-7278

Affected Products

Internet Explorer

References · 9

• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2017-00100 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-7278 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-7278 · Vendor Advisory
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-144 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-7278 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/94716 · 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