Microsoft Internet Explorer 11 resource management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Internet Explorer 11. It has been declared as critical. This impacts an unknown function. Such manipulation leads to resource management. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2015-0056. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. No exploit is available. It is advisable to implement a patch to correct this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Internet Explorer 11 (Web Browser) and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing. 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 06/26/2013. The weakness was published 03/10/2015 by 0016EECD9D7159A949DAD3BC17E0A939 with Zero Day Initiative as MS15-018 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). The advisory is shared for download at technet.microsoft.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2015-0056 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 622 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 81733 (MS15-018: Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (3032359)), 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 100227 (Microsoft Internet Explorer Cumulative Security Update (MS15-018)).

Applying the patch MS15-018 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 19557.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (81733), SecurityFocus (BID 72924†), SecurityTracker (ID 1031888†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-48964†). Similar entries are available at VDB-73938, VDB-73939, VDB-73941 and VDB-73942. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Nessus ID: 81733
Nessus Name: MS15-018: Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (3032359)
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: MS15-018
Researcher: 0016EECD9D7159A949DAD3BC17E0A939
Organization: Zero Day Initiative
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2015-0056 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2015-0056
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-73940

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SecurityFocus: 72924 - Microsoft Internet Explorer CVE-2015-0056 Remote Memory Corruption Vulnerability
SecurityTracker: 1031888 - Microsoft Internet Explorer Mulitple Flaws Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code
Vulnerability Center: 48964 - [MS15-018] Microsoft Internet Explorer 11 Remote Code Execution due to Memory Corruption - CVE-2015-0056, Critical

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/11/2015 09:47
Updated: 04/12/2022 20:37
Changes: 03/11/2015 09:47 (71), 04/07/2017 12:12 (10), 04/12/2022 20:30 (3), 04/12/2022 20:37 (1)
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