CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
---|---|---|
6.0 | $0-$5k | 0.00 |
A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Internet Explorer up to 11 (Web Browser) and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-399. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:
Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 through 11 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted web site, aka "Internet Explorer Memory Corruption Vulnerability."
The issue has been introduced in 03/22/2001. The weakness was shared 04/14/2015 by Jihui Lu with KeenTeam as MS15-032 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). The advisory is shared at technet.microsoft.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2015-1657 since 02/17/2015. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.
The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 5136 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 82770 (MS15-032: Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (3038314)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows : Microsoft Bulletins. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 100229 (Microsoft Internet Explorer Cumulative Security Update (MS15-032)).
Applying the patch MS15-032 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at technet.microsoft.com. A possible mitigation has been published 3 weeks after the disclosure of the vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 19683.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (82770). The entries 74847, 74850, 74851 and 74852 are related to this item.
Product
Type
Vendor
Name
Version
License
Support
- end of life
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
VulDB CVSS-B Score: 🔍VulDB CVSS-BT Score: 🔍
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍
CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.3VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.0
VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.0
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍
CVSSv2
AV | AC | Au | C | I | A |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
💳 | 💳 | 💳 | 💳 | 💳 | 💳 |
💳 | 💳 | 💳 | 💳 | 💳 | 💳 |
💳 | 💳 | 💳 | 💳 | 💳 | 💳 |
Vector | Complexity | Authentication | Confidentiality | Integrity | Availability |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
unlock | unlock | unlock | unlock | unlock | unlock |
unlock | unlock | unlock | unlock | unlock | unlock |
unlock | unlock | unlock | unlock | unlock | unlock |
VulDB Base Score: 🔍
VulDB Temp Score: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍
NVD Base Score: 🔍
Exploiting
Class: Resource managementCWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
CAPEC: 🔍
ATT&CK: 🔍
Local: No
Remote: Yes
Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined
EPSS Score: 🔍
EPSS Percentile: 🔍
Price Prediction: 🔍
Current Price Estimation: 🔍
0-Day | unlock | unlock | unlock | unlock |
---|---|---|---|---|
Today | unlock | unlock | unlock | unlock |
Nessus ID: 82770
Nessus Name: MS15-032: Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (3038314)
Nessus File: 🔍
Nessus Risk: 🔍
Nessus Family: 🔍
Qualys ID: 🔍
Qualys Name: 🔍
Threat Intelligence
Interest: 🔍Active Actors: 🔍
Active APT Groups: 🔍
Countermeasures
Recommended: PatchStatus: 🔍
Reaction Time: 🔍
0-Day Time: 🔍
Exposure Time: 🔍
Patch: MS15-032
TippingPoint: 🔍
Fortigate IPS: 🔍
Timeline
03/22/2001 🔍02/17/2015 🔍
04/14/2015 🔍
04/14/2015 🔍
04/14/2015 🔍
04/14/2015 🔍
04/14/2015 🔍
04/15/2015 🔍
04/15/2015 🔍
04/30/2015 🔍
05/06/2022 🔍
Sources
Vendor: microsoft.comAdvisory: MS15-032
Researcher: Jihui Lu
Organization: KeenTeam
Status: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2015-1657 (🔍)
OVAL: 🔍
SecurityTracker: 1032108 - Microsoft Internet Explorer Multiple Bugs Let Remote Users Bypass ASLR and Execute Arbitrary Code
Vulnerability Center: 49587 - [MS15-032] Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 - 11 Remote Code Execution due to Memory Corruption, Critical
SecurityFocus: 73993 - Microsoft Internet Explorer CVE-2015-1657 Remote Memory Corruption Vulnerability
OSVDB: 120615
See also: 🔍
Entry
Created: 04/15/2015 10:35Updated: 05/06/2022 09:29
Changes: 04/15/2015 10:35 (77), 04/07/2017 12:12 (8), 05/06/2022 09:29 (3)
Complete: 🔍
No comments yet. Languages: en.
Please log in to comment.