Advisory Details

April 12th, 2016

Microsoft .NET Framework mscoreei DLL Planting Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

CVE ID	CVE-2016-0148
CVSS SCORE	7.5, AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
AFFECTED VENDORS	Microsoft
AFFECTED PRODUCTS	.NET Framework
VULNERABILITY DETAILS	This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Microsoft .NET Framework. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious web page or open a malicious directory or device. The specific flaw exists within the handling of a specific named DLL used by .NET Framework. By providing a directory with this specific DLL, an attacker is able to force the process to load an arbitrary DLL. This allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of the process.
ADDITIONAL DETAILS	Microsoft has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can be found at: https://technet.microsoft.com/library/security/MS16-041
DISCLOSURE TIMELINE	2016-03-29 - Vulnerability reported to vendor 2016-04-12 - Coordinated public release of advisory
CREDIT	rgod

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