CVE-2015-6168 : Detail

CVE-2015-6168

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2015-12-09
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CVE Descriptions

Microsoft Edge allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted web site, aka "Microsoft Edge Memory Corruption Vulnerability," a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-6153.

CVE Informations

Related Weaknesses

CWE-ID Weakness Name Source
CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.

Metrics

Metrics Score Severity CVSS Vector Source
V2 9.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C [email protected]

EPSS

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EPSS Score

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Exploit information

Exploit Database EDB-ID : 40878

Publication date : 2016-12-05 23h00 +00:00
Author : Skylined
EDB Verified : Yes

Source: http://blog.skylined.nl/20161201001.html Synopsis A specially crafted web-page can trigger a memory corruption vulnerability in Microsoft Edge. I did not investigate this vulnerability thoroughly, so I cannot speculate on the potential impact or exploitability. Known affected software and attack vectors Microsoft Edge 11.0.10240.16384 An attacker would need to get a target user to open a specially crafted web-page. Disabling Java­Script does not prevent an attacker from triggering the vulnerable code path. Repro: /<style>:first-letter{word-spacing:9 Variation: x<style>:first-letter{background-position:inherit Description At the time this issue was first discovered, Mem­GC was just introduced, and I had not yet fully appreciated what an impact it would have on mitigating use-after-free bugs. Despite Mem­GC being enabled in Microsoft Edge by default, this issue appeared to me to have been a use-after-free vulnerability. However, both Microsoft and ZDI (whom I sold the vulnerability to) describes it as a memory corruption vulnerability, so it's probably more complex than I assumed. At the time, I did not consider this vulnerability to be of great interest, as there was no immediately obvious way of controlling the vulnerability in order to exploit it. So, I did not do any further investigation into the root cause and, if this was indeed a use-after-free, how come Mem­GC did not mitigate it? In hindsight, it would have been a good idea to investigate the root cause, as any use-after-free that is not mitigated by Mem­GC might provide hints on how to find more vulnerabilities that bypass it. Time-line August 2015: This vulnerability was found through fuzzing. August 2015: This vulnerability was submitted to ZDI. December 2015: Microsoft addresses this vulnerability in MS15-125. December 2016: Details of this vulnerability are released.

Products Mentioned

Configuraton 0

Microsoft>>Edge >> Version -

References

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40878/
Tags : exploit, x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034316
Tags : vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Dec/4
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