SB2016101108 - Microsoft Browser Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Published: October 11, 2016
Security Bulletin ID
SB2016101108
CSH Severity
High
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Code execution
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.
1) Arbitrary code execution (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-3331)
CWE-ID: CWE-20 - Improper input validation
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
The vulnerability allows a remote unauthenticated user to execute arbitrary code execution on the target system.
The weakness is due to insufficient input validation. By tricking the victim to download a specially crafted content attackers can cause a memory corruption and execute arbitrary code.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability leads to arbitrary code execution on the vulnerable system.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.