PT-2016-3129 · Microsoft · Internet Explorer

Published 2016-03-09 · Updated 2018-10-12 · CVE-2015-6184

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 (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue is related to the implementation of the CAttrArray service object in Internet Explorer, which lacks sufficient input validation. This can be exploited by a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (type confusion and memory corruption) by using a specially crafted sequence of CSS characters in combination with modified HTML elements.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

BDU:2017-01321

CVE-2015-6184

Affected Products

Internet Explorer

References · 5

• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2015/ms15-106 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-6184 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2017-01321 · Security Note
• https://verisign.com/en_US/security-services/security-intelligence/vulnerability-reports/articles/index.xhtml?id=1218 · Note
• http://technet.microsoft.com/security/bulletin/MS15-106 · Note