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CVE-2015-2419 KEVPublic exploitEnd of life High · 8.8 EPSS 53.0%
Microsoft Internet Explorer Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Microsoft · Internet Explorer
End of lifeInternet Explorer reached End of lifeThe vendor no longer ships security fixes. Remove or isolate the product instead of waiting for a patch. on 15 Jun 2022. No patch is coming: remove or isolate it.
Summary
A memory corruption flaw in the JScript 9 scripting engine of Microsoft Internet Explorer 10 and 11 can be triggered by crafted web content. An attacker who gets a user to visit a malicious web site, with no authentication required, could execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service.
Official description · NVD
JScript 9 in Microsoft Internet Explorer 10 and 11 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted web site, aka "JScript9 Memory Corruption Vulnerability."
Priority scorePatchfirst’s 0 to 100 ranking. It adds points for CISA KEV listing, ransomware use, EPSS, threat reports, public exploit code and CVSS. Every CVE page shows the breakdown. Breakdown
67.8 / 100
- Exploited
- Yes, in CISA KEV
- Reports
- 1
- Tactics
- 2/15
How an attack unfolds
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First seen exploited 7 days after disclosure. Public exploit code (Exploit-DB) appeared 7 months after disclosure.
- Disclosedday 0
- First seen exploitedVulnCheck KEV evidence+7 days
- Public exploit codeExploit-DB+7 mo
- Added to CISA KEVEU database agrees+7 yrs
CISA KEV listing is when exploitation was confirmed, not necessarily the first attack.
MITRE ATT&CKA public catalogue of the techniques attackers use, maintained by MITRE. Patchfirst uses it to describe what attackers do with a vulnerability. techniques
2 TechniqueOne specific attacker behaviour in MITRE ATT&CK, such as T1190 “Exploit Public-Facing Application”. IDs with a dot, like T1059.004, are sub-techniques., grouped by TacticThe attacker’s goal at a stage of an attack in MITRE ATT&CK, such as Initial Access or Persistence. Each technique belongs to one or more tactics. in kill-chain order, 2 cited passages 11Initial AccessTA0001
Drive-by Compromise T1189 Medium Confidence (technique links)How sure Patchfirst is that an ATT&CK technique applies to this CVE. High and medium links are shown by default; low ones come from early or generic mappings, text matching, or contradict the CVE’s details.
MITRE CTID mapping of the CVE · uncategorised
ExecutionTA0002
JavaScript T1059.007 Medium Confidence (technique links)How sure Patchfirst is that an ATT&CK technique applies to this CVE. High and medium links are shown by default; low ones come from early or generic mappings, text matching, or contradict the CVE’s details.
AI mapping from the description · primary impact
JScript execution yields arbitrary code
execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service
Lower-confidence links (1)
These come from early or generic mappings, text matching, or contradict this CVE’s details (for example a public-facing technique on a bug that needs a user to open a file). Shown for completeness.
- Exploitation for Client ExecutionT1203 CTID attack_to_cve Phase 1 "Uncategorized" mapping (not staged by impact)
Detection
0 rules for this CVE · 32 general rules for its techniquesRules for this CVE
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General rules for this CVE’s techniques
These detect the technique in general, not this specific vulnerability.
JavaScriptT1059.00729 general rules
- Adwind RAT / JRAThightest
- Adwind RAT / JRAT File Artifacthightest
- Csc.EXE Execution Form Potentially Suspicious Parenthightest
- Cscript/Wscript Uncommon Script Extension Executionhightest
- HackTool - CACTUSTORCH Remote Thread Creationhightest
- HackTool - Koadic Executionhightest
- HTML Help HH.EXE Suspicious Child Processhightest
- JXA In-memory Execution Via OSAScripthightest
Drive-by CompromiseT11893 general rules
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What security researchers reported
Named in 1 threat report1 reportservices.google.com
Reports are matched by finding the exact id CVE-2015-2419 in their text; nobody has reviewed the match. One passage is shown per report, at most 320 characters, linked to the original.
Also mentioned in 50 community threat pulses (AlienVault OTX)
Weaker evidencePulses are indicator collections that anyone can publish. A mention is not confirmation of exploitation.
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