Microsoft Internet Explorer up to 11 resource management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Internet Explorer up to 11. It has been classified as critical. Impacted is an unknown function. The manipulation leads to resource management. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2015-1657. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available. It is suggested to install a patch to address 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 code block. 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 summary by CVE is:

Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 through 11 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted web site, aka "Internet Explorer Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

The issue has been introduced in 03/22/2001. The weakness was shared 04/14/2015 by Jihui Lu with KeenTeam as MS15-032 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). The advisory is shared at technet.microsoft.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2015-1657 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 5136 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 82770 (MS15-032: Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (3038314)), 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 100229 (Microsoft Internet Explorer Cumulative Security Update (MS15-032)).

Applying the patch MS15-032 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at technet.microsoft.com. A possible mitigation has been published 3 weeks after the disclosure of the vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 19683.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (82770), SecurityFocus (BID 73993†), OSVDB (120615†), SecurityTracker (ID 1032108†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-49587†). The entries VDB-74847, VDB-74850, VDB-74851 and VDB-74852 are related to this item. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Nessus ID: 82770
Nessus Name: MS15-032: Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (3038314)
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Patch: MS15-032
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: MS15-032
Researcher: Jihui Lu
Organization: KeenTeam
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2015-1657 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2015-1657
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-74849

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SecurityFocus: 73993 - Microsoft Internet Explorer CVE-2015-1657 Remote Memory Corruption Vulnerability
OSVDB: 120615
SecurityTracker: 1032108 - Microsoft Internet Explorer Multiple Bugs Let Remote Users Bypass ASLR and Execute Arbitrary Code
Vulnerability Center: 49587 - [MS15-032] Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 - 11 Remote Code Execution due to Memory Corruption, Critical

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Entryinfo

Created: 04/15/2015 10:35
Updated: 05/06/2022 09:29
Changes: 04/15/2015 10:35 (77), 04/07/2017 12:12 (8), 05/06/2022 09:29 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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