Advisory Details

March 10th, 2015

Microsoft Internet Explorer CGeneratedContent::UnWrapContent Out-Of-Bound Write Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

CVE ID	CVE-2015-1622
CVSS SCORE	6.8, AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
AFFECTED VENDORS	Microsoft
AFFECTED PRODUCTS	Internet Explorer
VULNERABILITY DETAILS	This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code 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 style processing of HTML elements. By manipulating styles of an element, an attacker can force Internet Explorer to modify memory past the end of the element. An attacker could leverage this vulnerability to execute code under the context of the current process.
ADDITIONAL DETAILS	Microsoft has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can be found at: https://technet.microsoft.com/library/security/MS15-018
DISCLOSURE TIMELINE	2014-12-04 - Vulnerability reported to vendor 2015-03-10 - Coordinated public release of advisory
CREDIT	SkyLined

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