Microsoft Internet Explorer 10/11 access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Microsoft Internet Explorer 10/11. Affected is an unknown function. The manipulation leads to access control. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2015-1739. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Internet Explorer 10/11 (Web Browser) and classified as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-264. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Microsoft Internet Explorer 10 and 11 allows remote attackers to gain privileges via a crafted web site, aka "Internet Explorer Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability."

The issue has been introduced in 04/12/2011. The weakness was disclosed 06/10/2015 with Zero Day Initiative as MS15-056 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). It is possible to read the advisory at technet.microsoft.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2015-1739 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. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 05/20/2022). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product decreasing in the near future.The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1519 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 84053 (MS15-056: Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (3058515)), 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 100237 (Microsoft Internet Explorer Cumulative Security Update (MS15-056)).

Applying the patch MS15-056 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 Tenable (84053), SecurityFocus (BID 74995†), SecurityTracker (ID 1032521†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-50445†). The entries VDB-75750, VDB-75761, VDB-75762 and VDB-75763 are pretty similar. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Nessus ID: 84053
Nessus Name: MS15-056: Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (3058515)
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Patch: MS15-056
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: MS15-056
Organization: Zero Day Initiative
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2015-1739 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2015-1739
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-75767

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SecurityFocus: 74995 - Microsoft Internet Explorer CVE-2015-1739 Remote Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
SecurityTracker: 1032521 - Microsoft Internet Explorer Multiple Flaws Let Remote Users Obtain Browser History and Execute Arbitrary Code
Vulnerability Center: 50445 - [MS15-056] Microsoft Internet Explorer 10-11 Remote Privileges Escalation Vulnerability - CVE-2015-1739, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 06/10/2015 10:14
Updated: 05/20/2022 13:03
Changes: 06/10/2015 10:14 (69), 04/07/2017 12:13 (11), 05/20/2022 13:03 (2)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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