PT-2016-7288 · Microsoft · Internet Explorer 11+2

Natashenka · Published 2016-12-13 · Updated 2018-10-12 · CVE-2016-7287

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 Internet Explorer 11 (affected versions not specified) 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 in the way affected Microsoft scripting engines render when handling objects in memory in Microsoft browsers. The vulnerabilities could corrupt memory in such a way that an attacker could execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user. If the current user is logged on with administrative user rights, an attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerabilities could take control of an affected system, then 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.

Exploit

RCE

DoS

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

CVE-2016-7287

Affected Products

Edge

Internet Explorer

Internet Explorer 11

References · 13

• 🔥 https://github.com/tunz/js-vuln-db/blob/master/chakra/CVE-2016-7287.md · Exploit
• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/40948 · Exploit
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-145 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-7287 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-7287 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-7287 · Security Note
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-144 · Vendor Advisory
• http://technet.microsoft.com/library/security/MS16-145 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/94722 · Note
• https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=972 · Note
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/140251/Microsoft-Edge-Internationalization-Type-Confusion.html · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1037444 · Note
• http://technet.microsoft.com/library/security/MS16-144 · Note