Microsoft Internet Explorer up to 11 resource management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Microsoft Internet Explorer up to 11. The impacted element is an unknown function. The manipulation leads to resource management. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2015-1634. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available. Applying a patch is the recommended action to fix this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Internet Explorer up to 11 (Web Browser) and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown functionality. 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 shared 03/10/2015 by SecuriTeam with Beyond Security's SecuriTeam Secure Disclosure as MS15-018 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). The advisory is shared at technet.microsoft.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2015-1634 since 02/17/2015. 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 5101 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.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (101134), Tenable (81733), SecurityFocus (BID 72931†), SecurityTracker (ID 1031888†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-48974†). The entries VDB-73938, VDB-73939, VDB-73940 and VDB-73941 are related to this item. 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: 81733
Nessus Name: MS15-018: Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (3032359)
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: MS15-018
Researcher: SecuriTeam
Organization: Beyond Security's SecuriTeam Secure Disclosure
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2015-1634 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2015-1634
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-73949

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X-Force: 101134 - Microsoft Internet Explorer code execution
SecurityFocus: 72931 - Microsoft Internet Explorer CVE-2015-1634 Remote Memory Corruption Vulnerability
SecurityTracker: 1031888 - Microsoft Internet Explorer Mulitple Flaws Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code
Vulnerability Center: 48974 - [MS15-018] Microsoft Internet Explorer 6-11 Remote Code Execution Vulnerability due to Memory Corruption - CVE-2015-1634, Critical

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/11/2015 09:47
Updated: 04/12/2022 23:18
Changes: 03/11/2015 09:47 (74), 04/07/2017 12:12 (10), 04/12/2022 23:03 (3), 04/12/2022 23:18 (1)
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