SB20170314162 - Internet Explorer Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

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SB20170314162 - Internet Explorer Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Published: March 14, 2017

Security Bulletin ID SB20170314162
Severity
Low
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-2017-0154)

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

The vulnerability exists due to improper enforcement of cross-domain policies in Internet Explorer. A remote attacker can trick the victim to visit a specially crafted web site and access information from one domain and inject it into another domain.

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.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References