Microsoft Internet Explorer Multiple Flaws Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code and Bypass Security Controls
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SecurityTracker Alert ID: 1041099 |
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SecurityTracker URL: http://securitytracker.com/id/1041099
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CVE Reference:
CVE-2018-0978, CVE-2018-8113, CVE-2018-8249, CVE-2018-8267
(Links to External Site)
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Date: Jun 12 2018
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Impact:
Execution of arbitrary code via network, User access via network
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Fix Available: Yes Vendor Confirmed: Yes
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Version(s): 9, 10, 11
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Description:
Several vulnerabilities were reported in Microsoft Internet Explorer. A remote user can cause arbitrary code to be executed on the target user's system. A remote user can bypass security controls on the target system.
A remote user can create specially crafted web content or a '.url' file that, when loaded by the target user, will bypass the Mark of the Web (MOTW) tagging, causing security controls based on the MOTW tagging to be bypassed [CVE-2018-8113].
A remote user can create specially crafted content that, when loaded by the target user, will trigger an object memory handling error and execute arbitrary code on the target user's system [CVE-2018-0978, CVE-2018-8249, CVE-2018-8267].
Dmitri Kaslov of Telspace Systems (via Trend Micro's Zero Day Initiative), Mateusz Garncarek of ING Tech Poland, Piotr Madej of ING Tech Poland, Eric Lawrence, and Scott Bell of Security-Assessment.com reported these vulnerabilities.
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Impact:
A remote user can create content that, when loaded by the target user, will execute arbitrary code on the target user's system.
A remote user can bypass security controls that are based on the MOTW tagging on the target system.
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Solution:
The vendor has issued a fix.
The Microsoft advisories are available at:
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-0978
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-8113
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-8249
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-8267
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Vendor URL: portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-0978 (Links to External Site)
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Cause:
Access control error
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Underlying OS: Windows (Any)
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Message History:
None.
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Source Message Contents
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