CVE-2017-0015 Information

Description

A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way affected Microsoft scripting engines render when handling objects in memory in Microsoft browsers. These vulnerabilities could corrupt memory in such a way that an attacker could execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could gain the same user rights as the current user. If the current user is logged on with administrative user rights an attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could take control of an affected system. An attacker could then install programs; view change or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights. This vulnerability is different from those described in CVE-2017-0010 CVE-2017-0032 CVE-2017-0035 CVE-2017-0067 CVE-2017-0070 CVE-2017-0071 CVE-2017-0094 CVE-2017-0131 CVE-2017-0132 CVE-2017-0133 CVE-2017-0134 CVE-2017-0136 CVE-2017-0137 CVE-2017-0138 CVE-2017-0141 CVE-2017-0150 and CVE-2017-0151.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Reference

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96079 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038006 https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-0015

Attack Complexity

HIGH

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

7.5