PT-2016-5415 · Microsoft · Internet Explorer

Published 2016-06-14 · Updated 2018-10-12 · CVE-2016-3206

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 Internet Explorer (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue is related to the way JScript 9, JScript, and VBScript engines handle objects in memory, which can lead to memory corruption and allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user. If the user has administrative rights, an attacker could take control of the system, install programs, view or modify data, or create new accounts with full user rights.

Recommendations 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-20

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

CVE-2016-3206

Affected Products

Internet Explorer

References · 8

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3206 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-3206 · Security Note
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-063 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-3206 · Vendor Advisory
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-069 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1036097 · Note
• http://technet.microsoft.com/library/security/ms16-063 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1036096 · Note