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A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Internet Explorer 8/9/10/11 and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Scripting Engine. The manipulation leads to information disclosure. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2015-6135. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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A vulnerability has been found in Microsoft Internet Explorer 8/9/10/11 (Web Browser) and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code of the component Scripting Engine. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality.

The weakness was disclosed 12/08/2015 as MS15-124 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). It is possible to read the advisory at technet.microsoft.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2015-6135 since 08/14/2015. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1592 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 87253 (MS15-124: Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (3116180)), 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 100269 (Microsoft Internet Explorer Cumulative Security Update (MS15-124)).

Applying the patch MS15-124 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at technet.microsoft.com. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (87253). The entries VDB-79445, VDB-79446, VDB-79448 and VDB-79449 are pretty similar. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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• Web Browser

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• Microsoft

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• Internet Explorer

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• 8
• 9
• 10
• 11

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• commercial

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• end of life

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