Advisory Details

August 11th, 2015

Microsoft Internet Explorer Enhanced Protected Mode Read-Restrictions Bypass Vulnerability

CVE ID	CVE-2015-2429
CVSS SCORE	4.7, AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N
AFFECTED VENDORS	Microsoft
AFFECTED PRODUCTS	Internet Explorer
VULNERABILITY DETAILS	This vulnerability allows local attackers to partially escape AppContainer limitations 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 specific flaw exists within the IShdocvwBroker::EditWith broker API call. The issue lies in the failure to check for registry symbolic links before recursively traversing the key. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to read the contents of any key within the HKCU registry hive, bypassing the read restrictions designed into EPM.
ADDITIONAL DETAILS	Microsoft has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can be found at: https://technet.microsoft.com/library/security/MS15-090
DISCLOSURE TIMELINE	2015-05-07 - Vulnerability reported to vendor 2015-08-11 - Coordinated public release of advisory
CREDIT	Ashutosh Mehra (https://twitter.com/ashutoshmehra)

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