Vulnerabilities > CVE-2016-3298 - Information Exposure vulnerability in Microsoft products
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
HIGH Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
PARTIAL Integrity impact
NONE Availability impact
NONE Summary
Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 through 11 and the Internet Messaging API in Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, and Windows 7 SP1 allow remote attackers to determine the existence of arbitrary files via a crafted web site, aka "Internet Explorer Information Disclosure Vulnerability."
Vulnerable Configurations
Part | Description | Count |
---|---|---|
Application | 3 | |
OS | 4 |
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_id | MS16-118 |
bulletin_url | |
date | 2016-10-11T00:00:00 |
impact | Remote Code Execution |
knowledgebase_id | 3192887 |
knowledgebase_url | |
severity | Critical |
title | Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer |
Nessus
NASL family Windows : Microsoft Bulletins NASL id SMB_NT_MS16-126.NASL description The remote Windows host is missing a security update. It is, therefore, affected by an information disclosure vulnerability in the Internet Messaging API due to improper handling of objects in memory. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this, by convincing a user to visit a specially crafted website, to enumerate the files on the disk drive. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 94009 published 2016-10-12 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2016-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/94009 title MS16-126: Security Update for Microsoft Internet Messaging API (3196067) code # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(94009); script_version("1.11"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/11/14"); script_cve_id("CVE-2016-3298"); script_bugtraq_id(93392); script_xref(name:"MSFT", value:"MS16-126"); script_xref(name:"MSKB", value:"3196067"); script_xref(name:"MSKB", value:"3193515"); script_xref(name:"MSKB", value:"3192391"); script_xref(name:"MSKB", value:"3185330"); script_xref(name:"IAVB", value:"2016-B-0150"); script_name(english:"MS16-126: Security Update for Microsoft Internet Messaging API (3196067)"); script_summary(english:"Checks the version of Inetcomm.dll"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value: "The remote host is affected by an information disclosure vulnerability."); script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value: "The remote Windows host is missing a security update. It is, therefore, affected by an information disclosure vulnerability in the Internet Messaging API due to improper handling of objects in memory. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this, by convincing a user to visit a specially crafted website, to enumerate the files on the disk drive."); script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/SecurityBulletins/2016/ms16-126"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value: "Microsoft has released a set of patches for Windows Vista, 2008, 7, and 2008 R2. Note that MS16-118 must also be installed to fully resolve CVE-2016-3298."); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N"); script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:H/RL:OF/RC:C"); script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"); script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:H/RL:O/RC:C"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2016-3298"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploited_by_malware", value:"true"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2016/10/11"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2016/10/11"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2016/10/12"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:microsoft:windows"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"stig_severity", value:"II"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_family(english:"Windows : Microsoft Bulletins"); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2016-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof."); script_dependencies("smb_hotfixes.nasl", "ms_bulletin_checks_possible.nasl", "smb_check_rollup.nasl"); script_require_keys("SMB/MS_Bulletin_Checks/Possible"); script_require_ports(139, 445, "Host/patch_management_checks"); exit(0); } include("audit.inc"); include("smb_hotfixes_fcheck.inc"); include("smb_hotfixes.inc"); include("smb_func.inc"); include("smb_reg_query.inc"); include("misc_func.inc"); get_kb_item_or_exit("SMB/MS_Bulletin_Checks/Possible"); bulletin = 'MS16-126'; kbs = make_list( '3196067', '3193515', '3192391', '3185330' ); if (get_kb_item("Host/patch_management_checks")) hotfix_check_3rd_party(bulletin:bulletin, kbs:kbs, severity:SECURITY_NOTE); get_kb_item_or_exit("SMB/Registry/Enumerated"); get_kb_item_or_exit("SMB/WindowsVersion", exit_code:1); if (hotfix_check_sp_range(vista:'2', win7:'1', win8:'0') <= 0) audit(AUDIT_OS_SP_NOT_VULN); # Windows 8 EOL productname = get_kb_item_or_exit("SMB/ProductName", exit_code:1); if ("Windows 8" >< productname && "8.1" >!< productname) audit(AUDIT_OS_SP_NOT_VULN); # Check rollup first share = hotfix_get_systemdrive(as_share:TRUE, exit_on_fail:TRUE); if (!is_accessible_share(share:share)) audit(AUDIT_SHARE_FAIL, share); if( # 7 / 2008 R2 smb_check_rollup(os:"6.1",sp:1,rollup_date: "10_2016",bulletin:bulletin,rollup_kb_list:make_list("3192391","3185330")) || # Vista / 2008 hotfix_is_vulnerable(os:"6.0", sp:2, file:"Inetcomm.dll", version:"6.0.6002.24018", min_version:"6.0.6002.23000", dir:"\system32", bulletin:bulletin, kb:"3193515") || hotfix_is_vulnerable(os:"6.0", sp:2, file:"inetcomm.dll", version:"6.0.6002.19694", min_version:"6.0.6002.18000", dir:"\system32", bulletin:bulletin, kb:"3193515") ) { set_kb_item(name:'SMB/Missing/'+bulletin, value:TRUE); hotfix_security_note(); hotfix_check_fversion_end(); exit(0); } else { hotfix_check_fversion_end(); audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, hotfix_get_audit_report()); }
NASL family Windows : Microsoft Bulletins NASL id SMB_NT_MS16-118.NASL description The version of Internet Explorer installed on the remote Windows host is missing Cumulative Security Update 3192887. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities, the majority of which are remote code execution vulnerabilities. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit these vulnerabilities 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 seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 94011 published 2016-10-12 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2016-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/94011 title MS16-118: Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (3192887)
The Hacker News
id | THN:231C21CDC15C09B8A58B71A738D875F1 |
last seen | 2018-01-27 |
modified | 2016-10-12 |
published | 2016-10-11 |
reporter | Swati Khandelwal |
source | https://thehackernews.com/2016/10/Microsoft-security-patch-updates.html |
title | Microsoft Patches 5 Zero-Day Vulnerabilities Being Exploited in the Wild |