CVE ID | CVE-2015-1706 |
CVSS SCORE | 6.8, AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
AFFECTED VENDORS |
Microsoft |
AFFECTED PRODUCTS |
Internet Explorer |
TREND MICRO CUSTOMER PROTECTION | Trend Micro TippingPoint IPS customers are protected against this vulnerability by Digital Vaccine protection filter ID ['19555']. For further product information on the TippingPoint IPS: http://www.tippingpoint.com |
VULNERABILITY DETAILS |
The vulnerability relates to how Internet Explorer stores pointers to CMarkup objects. By manipulating a document's elements an attacker can force a pointer to a CSecurityContext object in memory to be interpreted as a pointer to a CMarkup object. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code under the context of the current process. |
ADDITIONAL DETAILS |
Microsoft has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can be found at:
https://technet.microsoft.com/library/security/MS15-043 |
DISCLOSURE TIMELINE |
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CREDIT | Zheng Huang of Baidu Scloud XTeam |