Advisory Details

July 12th, 2016

Microsoft Internet Explorer CTableLayout AddRow Out-Of-Bounds Read Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

CVE ID	CVE-2016-3242
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 ['24504']. 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 Microsoft 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 vulnerability relates to how Internet Explorer keeps track of table rows when performing layout of HTML tables. By manipulating a document's elements an attacker can cause Internet Explorer to read beyond the end of an array of pointers to CTableRow objects. 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/MS16-084
DISCLOSURE TIMELINE	2016-04-07 - Vulnerability reported to vendor 2016-07-12 - Coordinated public release of advisory
CREDIT	62600BCA031B9EB5CB4A74ADDDD6771E

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