SB2016101108 - Microsoft Browser Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Published: October 11, 2016
Security Bulletin ID
SB2016101108
Severity
High
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Code execution
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Arbitrary code execution (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-3331)
The vulnerability allows a remote unauthenticated user to execute arbitrary code execution on the target system.The weakness is due to insufficient input validation. By tricking the victim to download a specially crafted content attackers can cause a memory corruption and execute arbitrary code.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability leads to arbitrary code execution on the vulnerable system.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.