Advisory Details

June 11th, 2015

(Pwn2Own) Microsoft Internet Explorer DataView Memory Corruption Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

CVE ID	CVE-2015-1747
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 ['19614']. For further product information on the TippingPoint IPS: http://www.tippingpoint.com
VULNERABILITY DETAILS	This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Internet Explorer. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The specific flaw exists within jscript9.dll. When creating a DataView object with an ArrayBuffer, in conjunction with the neuter function, using the ArrayBuffer as an argument, read and write access of arbitrary memory can be achieved. 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/en-us/library/security/ms15-056.aspx
DISCLOSURE TIMELINE	2015-03-18 - Vulnerability reported to vendor 2015-06-11 - Coordinated public release of advisory
CREDIT	lokihardt@ASRT

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