Microsoft Internet Explorer 11 Scripting Engine memory corruption
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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Microsoft Internet Explorer 11 (Web Browser). Affected by this issue is some unknown processing of the component Scripting Engine. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
The weakness was presented 06/14/2016 by Moritz Jodeit as MS16-063 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). The advisory is shared for download at technet.microsoft.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2016-3210 since 03/15/2016. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $5k-$25k (estimation calculated on 08/24/2022). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product decreasing in the near future.
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 91596 (MS16-063: Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (3163649)), 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 100288 (Microsoft Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (MS16-063)).
Applying the patch MS16-063 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 (91596). See 87928, 87933, 87950 and 87962 for similar entries.
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CPE 2.3
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Class: Memory corruptionCWE: CWE-119
ATT&CK: Unknown
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Remote: Yes
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Nessus ID: 91596
Nessus Name: MS16-063: Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (3163649)
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OpenVAS ID: 802074
OpenVAS Name: Microsoft Internet Explorer Multiple Vulnerabilities (3163649)
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Patch: MS16-063
Suricata ID: 2023568
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Sources
Vendor: microsoft.comAdvisory: MS16-063
Researcher: Moritz Jodeit
Status: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2016-3210 (🔍)
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SecurityTracker: 1036096
SecurityFocus: 91106 - Microsoft Internet Explorer CVE-2016-3210 Scripting Engine Remote Memory Corruption Vulnerability
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Entry
Created: 06/16/2016 17:03Updated: 08/24/2022 07:54
Changes: 06/16/2016 17:03 (70), 04/07/2017 15:25 (13), 08/24/2022 07:54 (4)
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