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A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Internet Explorer 9/10/11 (Web Browser) and classified as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing. 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 published 12/13/2016 by Scott Bell with Zero Day Initiative (ZDI) as MS16-144 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). It is possible to read the advisory at technet.microsoft.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2016-7202 since 09/09/2016. 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. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.
A public exploit has been developed by Security-Assessment.com and been published before and not just after the advisory. The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. We expect the 0-day to have been worth approximately $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 95764 (MS16-144: Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (3204059)), 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 91300 (Microsoft Edge Cumulative Security Update (MS16-129)).
Applying the patch MS16-144 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 databases at Tenable (95764) and Exploit-DB (40793). Similar entries are available at 93367, 93368, 93369 and 93370.
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Exploiting
Class: Memory corruptionCWE: CWE-119
ATT&CK: Unknown
Local: No
Remote: Yes
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
Author: Security-Assessment.com
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Nessus ID: 95764
Nessus Name: MS16-144: Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (3204059)
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OpenVAS ID: 54668
OpenVAS Name: Microsoft Internet Explorer Multiple Vulnerabilities (3204059)
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Patch: MS16-144
Timeline
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Sources
Vendor: microsoft.comAdvisory: MS16-144
Researcher: Scott Bell
Organization: Zero Day Initiative (ZDI)
Status: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2016-7202 (🔍)
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SecurityTracker: 1037245
SecurityFocus: 94042 - Microsoft Edge CVE-2016-7202 Scripting Engine Remote Memory Corruption Vulnerability
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entry
Created: 12/14/2016 13:53Updated: 10/08/2022 08:43
Changes: 12/14/2016 13:53 (68), 04/07/2017 12:15 (20), 10/08/2022 08:42 (4), 10/08/2022 08:43 (1)
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