Microsoft Windows up to Vista Scripting Engine memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in Microsoft Windows up to Vista. This affects an unknown function of the component Scripting Engine. The manipulation results in memory corruption. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2016-3375. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists. It is advisable to implement a patch to correct this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Windows up to Vista (Operating System). It has been classified as critical. Affected is an unknown code block of the component Scripting Engine. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was disclosed 09/13/2016 by Yuki Chen with Qihoo 360 Vulcan Team as MS16-116 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). The advisory is shared for download at technet.microsoft.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2016-3375 since 03/15/2016. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $5k-$25k (estimation calculated on 09/16/2022).

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 93464 (MS16-104: Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (3183038)), 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 100295 (Microsoft Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (MS16-104)).

Applying the patch MS16-116 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 (93464) and SecurityFocus (BID 92835†). The entries VDB-91514, VDB-91516, VDB-91519 and VDB-91520 are pretty similar. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 93464
Nessus Name: MS16-104: Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (3183038)
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Patch: MS16-116

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com
Product: microsoft.com

Advisory: MS16-116
Researcher: Yuki Chen
Organization: Qihoo 360 Vulcan Team
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2016-3375 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-3375
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-91572
SecurityFocus: 92835 - Microsoft VBScript CVE-2016-3375 Remote Memory Corruption Vulnerability
SecurityTracker: 1036788

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161215
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Entryinfo

Created: 09/14/2016 17:49
Updated: 09/16/2022 13:45
Changes: 09/14/2016 17:49 (50), 04/07/2017 13:27 (26), 09/16/2022 13:39 (4), 09/16/2022 13:45 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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