Microsoft Internet Explorer 9/10/11 resource management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Internet Explorer 9/10/11. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. The manipulation leads to resource management. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2015-0038. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available. Applying a patch is the recommended action to fix this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Internet Explorer 9/10/11 (Web Browser) and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown function. 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 issue has been introduced in 03/16/2010. The weakness was published 02/10/2015 with Zero Day Initiative as MS15-009 as confirmed bulletin (Technet) via ZDI (Zero Day Initiative). The advisory is shared at technet.microsoft.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2015-0038 since 11/18/2014. 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 1792 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 81262 (MS15-009: Security Update for Internet Explorer (3034682)), 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 100220 (Microsoft Internet Explorer Cumulative Security Update (MS15-009)).

Applying the patch MS15-009 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. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 16876.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (81262), SecurityFocus (BID 72404†), SecurityTracker (ID 1031723†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-48569†). isc.sans.edu is providing further details. Similar entries are available at VDB-68354, VDB-69108, VDB-69109 and VDB-69110. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Nessus ID: 81262
Nessus Name: MS15-009: Security Update for Internet Explorer (3034682)
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: MS15-009
Organization: Zero Day Initiative
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2015-0038 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2015-0038
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-69125

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SecurityFocus: 72404 - Microsoft Internet Explorer CVE-2015-0038 Remote Memory Corruption Vulnerability
SecurityTracker: 1031723 - Microsoft Internet Explorer Mulitple Flaws Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code, Gain Elevated Privileges, and Bypass the ASLR Security Feature
Vulnerability Center: 48569 - [MS15-009] Microsoft Internet Explorer Remote Memory Corruption Vulnerability - CVE-2015-0038, Critical

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Entryinfo

Created: 02/11/2015 09:33
Updated: 12/08/2024 19:40
Changes: 02/11/2015 09:33 (70), 04/07/2017 12:12 (10), 03/09/2022 08:39 (3), 03/09/2022 08:44 (1), 12/08/2024 19:40 (16)
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