Microsoft Internet Explorer 9/10/11 WPAD access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in Microsoft Internet Explorer 9/10/11. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component WPAD. The manipulation leads to access control. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2016-3213. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. To fix this issue, it is recommended to deploy a patch.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Internet Explorer 9/10/11 (Web Browser) and classified as critical. This issue affects some unknown functionality of the component WPAD. 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 weakness was released 06/14/2016 as MS16-063 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). It is possible to read the advisory at technet.microsoft.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2016-3213 since 03/15/2016. 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 attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

It is declared as highly functional. We expect the 0-day to have been worth approximately $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 91596 (MS16-063: Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (3163649)), 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 100288 (Microsoft Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (MS16-063)).

Applying the patch MS16-063 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 vulnerability database at Tenable (91596). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-87928, VDB-87933, VDB-87950 and VDB-87962. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Physical: No
Local: No
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Status: Highly functional

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Nessus ID: 91596
Nessus Name: MS16-063: Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (3163649)
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MetaSploit ID: netbios_spoof_nat.rb
MetaSploit Name: NetBIOS Response BadTunnel Brute Force Spoof (NAT Tunnel)
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Patch: MS16-063

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03/15/2016 🔍
06/14/2016 +91 days 🔍
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06/16/2016 +1 days 🔍
08/24/2022 +2260 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: MS16-063
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2016-3213 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-3213
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-87971
SecurityFocus: 91101
SecurityTracker: 1036096

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Entryinfo

Created: 06/16/2016 17:03
Updated: 08/24/2022 08:14
Changes: 06/16/2016 17:03 (50), 04/07/2017 12:15 (24), 08/24/2022 08:11 (4), 08/24/2022 08:14 (2)
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