Microsoft Internet Explorer up to 11 resource management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as critical has been found in Microsoft Internet Explorer up to 11. This issue affects some unknown processing. Such manipulation leads to resource management. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2015-0041. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit. Applying a patch is advised to resolve this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Internet Explorer up to 11 (Web Browser). It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown part. 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 03/22/2001. The weakness was presented 02/10/2015 by 0016EECD9D7159A949DAD3BC17E0A939 with Zero Day Initiative as MS15-009 as confirmed bulletin (Technet) via ZDI (Zero Day Initiative). The advisory is shared for download at technet.microsoft.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2015-0041 since 11/18/2014. 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 vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 5073 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 16897.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (81262), SecurityFocus (BID 72411†), SecurityTracker (ID 1031723†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-48572†). isc.sans.edu is providing further details. See VDB-68354, VDB-69108, VDB-69109 and VDB-69110 for similar entries. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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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
Researcher: 0016EECD9D7159A949DAD3BC17E0A939
Organization: Zero Day Initiative
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2015-0041 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2015-0041
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-69128

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SecurityFocus: 72411 - Microsoft Internet Explorer CVE-2015-0041 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: 48572 - [MS15-009] Microsoft Internet Explorer Remote Memory Corruption Vulnerability - CVE-2015-0041, Critical

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Entryinfo

Created: 02/11/2015 09:33
Updated: 12/08/2024 20:21
Changes: 02/11/2015 09:33 (72), 04/07/2017 12:12 (10), 03/10/2022 07:14 (3), 03/10/2022 07:19 (1), 12/08/2024 20:21 (16)
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