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MS16-003: Cumulative Security Update for JScript and VBScript to Address Remote Code Execution (3125540)

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MS16-003: Cumulative Security Update for JScript and VBScript to Address Remote Code Execution (3125540)

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
01/12/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
01/12/2016
Modified
03/05/2020

Description

A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way that the VBScript engine renders when handling objects in memory in Internet Explorer. The vulnerability could corrupt memory in such a way that an attacker could execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user.

Solution(s)

  • WINDOWS-HOTFIX-MS16-003-1c2b05b9-6a9d-4343-8c7c-be0870780eb9
  • WINDOWS-HOTFIX-MS16-003-31d6a5f0-2294-400a-a46e-7fd34bf219e0
  • WINDOWS-HOTFIX-MS16-003-51715344-c9b4-499a-ac6f-c8f4eaa63e71
  • WINDOWS-HOTFIX-MS16-003-53c4ac3a-8756-469d-ba09-4a5375a71601
  • WINDOWS-HOTFIX-MS16-003-6293b26a-8375-4d36-b442-2cc9804eb391
  • WINDOWS-HOTFIX-MS16-003-73c92ae3-fba2-4ae1-9fb6-7ad58de9f607
  • WINDOWS-HOTFIX-MS16-003-867866cf-c72e-4e80-b6c2-856f5b5f9823

References

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