Vulnerabilities > CVE-2015-6088 - Information Exposure vulnerability in Microsoft Edge and Internet Explorer

047910
CVSS 4.3 - MEDIUM
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
MEDIUM
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
PARTIAL
Integrity impact
NONE
Availability impact
NONE
network
microsoft
CWE-200
nessus

Summary

Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 through 11 and Microsoft Edge allow remote attackers to bypass the ASLR protection mechanism via a crafted web site, aka "Microsoft Browser ASLR Bypass."

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

  • Subverting Environment Variable Values
    The attacker directly or indirectly modifies environment variables used by or controlling the target software. The attacker's goal is to cause the target software to deviate from its expected operation in a manner that benefits the attacker.
  • Footprinting
    An attacker engages in probing and exploration activity to identify constituents and properties of the target. Footprinting is a general term to describe a variety of information gathering techniques, often used by attackers in preparation for some attack. It consists of using tools to learn as much as possible about the composition, configuration, and security mechanisms of the targeted application, system or network. Information that might be collected during a footprinting effort could include open ports, applications and their versions, network topology, and similar information. While footprinting is not intended to be damaging (although certain activities, such as network scans, can sometimes cause disruptions to vulnerable applications inadvertently) it may often pave the way for more damaging attacks.
  • Exploiting Trust in Client (aka Make the Client Invisible)
    An attack of this type exploits a programs' vulnerabilities in client/server communication channel authentication and data integrity. It leverages the implicit trust a server places in the client, or more importantly, that which the server believes is the client. An attacker executes this type of attack by placing themselves in the communication channel between client and server such that communication directly to the server is possible where the server believes it is communicating only with a valid client. There are numerous variations of this type of attack.
  • Browser Fingerprinting
    An attacker carefully crafts small snippets of Java Script to efficiently detect the type of browser the potential victim is using. Many web-based attacks need prior knowledge of the web browser including the version of browser to ensure successful exploitation of a vulnerability. Having this knowledge allows an attacker to target the victim with attacks that specifically exploit known or zero day weaknesses in the type and version of the browser used by the victim. Automating this process via Java Script as a part of the same delivery system used to exploit the browser is considered more efficient as the attacker can supply a browser fingerprinting method and integrate it with exploit code, all contained in Java Script and in response to the same web page request by the browser.
  • Session Credential Falsification through Prediction
    This attack targets predictable session ID in order to gain privileges. The attacker can predict the session ID used during a transaction to perform spoofing and session hijacking.

Msbulletin

  • bulletin_idMS15-113
    bulletin_url
    date2015-11-10T00:00:00
    impactRemote Code Execution
    knowledgebase_id3104519
    knowledgebase_url
    severityCritical
    titleCumulative Security Update for Microsoft Edge
  • bulletin_idMS15-112
    bulletin_url
    date2015-11-10T00:00:00
    impactRemote Code Execution
    knowledgebase_id3104517
    knowledgebase_url
    severityCritical
    titleCumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer

Nessus

  • NASL familyWindows : Microsoft Bulletins
    NASL idSMB_NT_MS15-112.NASL
    descriptionThe version of Internet Explorer installed on the remote host is missing Cumulative Security Update 3104517. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities, the majority of which are remote code execution vulnerabilities. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit these issues by convincing a user to visit a specially crafted website, resulting in the execution of arbitrary code in the context of the current user.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id86819
    published2015-11-10
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2015-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/86819
    titleMS15-112: Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (3104517)
  • NASL familyWindows : Microsoft Bulletins
    NASL idSMB_NT_MS15-113.NASL
    descriptionThe version of Microsoft Edge installed on the remote Windows host is missing Cumulative Security Update 3104519. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities : - Multiple remote code execution vulnerabilities exist due to improper handling of objects in memory. A remote attacker can exploit these vulnerabilities, via a specially crafted website, to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user. (CVE-2015-6064, CVE-2015-6073, CVE-2015-6078) - A security feature bypass vulnerability exists due to a failure to use Address Space Layout Randomization (ASLR). An attacker can exploit this to predict memory offsets in a call stack. (CVE-2015-6088)
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id86820
    published2015-11-10
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2015-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/86820
    titleMS15-113: Cumulative Security Update for Microsoft Edge (3104519)