SB2015013101 - Cross-site scripting in Microsoft Internet Explorer



SB2015013101 - Cross-site scripting in Microsoft Internet Explorer

Published: January 31, 2015 Updated: March 10, 2017

Security Bulletin ID SB2015013101
Severity
High
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Data manipulation

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Cross-site scripting (CVE-ID: CVE-2015-0072)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-input passed via vectors involving an IFRAME element. A remote attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in user’s browser in context of another website.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.

Note: the vulnerability was being actively exploited.

Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.