PT-2016-7257 · Microsoft · Edge

Published 2016-12-13 · Updated 2018-10-12 · CVE-2016-7181

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 Edge (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service due to memory corruption via a crafted web site. Multiple remote code execution vulnerabilities exist when affected Microsoft browsers improperly access objects in memory, potentially corrupting memory and allowing 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, enabling them to install programs, view, change, or delete 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-119

Related Identifiers

CVE-2016-7181

Affected Products

Edge

References · 6

• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-7181 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-7181 · Security Note
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-145 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1037444 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/94735 · Note
• http://technet.microsoft.com/library/security/MS16-145 · Note