- Apr 21, 2016
- 4,789
Severity Rating: Critical
Revision Note: V2.0 (April 11, 2017): Bulletin revised to announce the release of a new Internet Explorer cumulative update (4014661) for CVE-2016-0162. The update adds to the original release to comprehensively address CVE-2016-0162. Microsoft recommends that customers running the affected software install the security update to be fully protected from the vulnerability described in this bulletin. See Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 4014661 for more information.
Summary: This security update resolves vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer. The most severe of the vulnerabilities could allow remote code execution if a user views a specially crafted webpage using Internet Explorer. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerabilities could gain the same user rights as the current user. If the current user is logged on with administrative user rights, an attacker could take control of an affected system. An attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights.
This security update is rated Critical for Internet Explorer 9 (IE 9), and Internet Explorer 11 (IE 11) on affected Windows clients, and Moderate for Internet Explorer 9 (IE 9), Internet Explorer 10 (IE 10), and Internet Explorer 11 (IE 11) on affected Windows servers. For more information, see the Affected Software section.
The security update addresses the vulnerabilities by:
Read more: Microsoft Security Bulletin MS16-037 - Critical
Revision Note: V2.0 (April 11, 2017): Bulletin revised to announce the release of a new Internet Explorer cumulative update (4014661) for CVE-2016-0162. The update adds to the original release to comprehensively address CVE-2016-0162. Microsoft recommends that customers running the affected software install the security update to be fully protected from the vulnerability described in this bulletin. See Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 4014661 for more information.
Summary: This security update resolves vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer. The most severe of the vulnerabilities could allow remote code execution if a user views a specially crafted webpage using Internet Explorer. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerabilities could gain the same user rights as the current user. If the current user is logged on with administrative user rights, an attacker could take control of an affected system. An attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights.
This security update is rated Critical for Internet Explorer 9 (IE 9), and Internet Explorer 11 (IE 11) on affected Windows clients, and Moderate for Internet Explorer 9 (IE 9), Internet Explorer 10 (IE 10), and Internet Explorer 11 (IE 11) on affected Windows servers. For more information, see the Affected Software section.
The security update addresses the vulnerabilities by:
- Modifying how Internet Explorer handles objects in memory
- Correcting how Internet Explorer validates input before loading DLL files
- Helping to restrict what information is returned to Internet Explorer
Read more: Microsoft Security Bulletin MS16-037 - Critical
