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Summary
A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Microsoft Internet Explorer 10/11. Impacted is an unknown function. Such manipulation leads to 7pk security. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2016-7281. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit. A patch should be applied to remediate this issue.
Details
A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Internet Explorer 10/11 (Web Browser). It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a 7pk security vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-254. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:
The Web Workers implementation in Microsoft Internet Explorer 10 and 11 and Microsoft Edge allows remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy via unspecified vectors, aka "Microsoft Browser Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability."
The weakness was presented 12/13/2016 with Microsoft as MS16-144 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). The advisory is available at technet.microsoft.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2016-7281 since 09/09/2016. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1211 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 95764 (MS16-144: Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (3204059)), 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 91316 (Microsoft Edge Cumulative Security Update (MS16-145)).
Applying the patch MS16-144 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 (95764) and SecurityFocus (BID 94723†). See VDB-93372, VDB-94415, VDB-94416 and VDB-94417 for similar entries. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.
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- Vendor: https://www.microsoft.com/
CPE 2.3
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Exploiting
Class: 7pk securityCWE: CWE-254
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Remote: Yes
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Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Nessus ID: 95764
Nessus Name: MS16-144: Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (3204059)
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OpenVAS ID: 802074
OpenVAS Name: Microsoft Edge Multiple Vulnerabilities (3204062)
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Patch: MS16-144
Timeline
09/09/2016 🔍12/13/2016 🔍
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12/14/2016 🔍
12/20/2016 🔍
10/08/2022 🔍
Sources
Vendor: microsoft.comAdvisory: MS16-144
Organization: Microsoft
Status: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2016-7281 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-7281
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-94418
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SecurityFocus: 94723 - Microsoft Internet Explorer and Edge CVE-2016-7281 Security Bypass Vulnerability
SecurityTracker: 1037444
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Entry
Created: 12/14/2016 13:53Updated: 10/08/2022 08:59
Changes: 12/14/2016 13:53 (54), 04/07/2017 12:16 (26), 10/08/2022 08:56 (3), 10/08/2022 08:59 (2)
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