CVE-2016-0160

Microsoft Internet Explorer 11 DLL Hijacking

Severity Score

7.8

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

Microsoft Internet Explorer 11 mishandles DLL loading, which allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka "DLL Loading Remote Code Execution Vulnerability."

Microsoft Internet Explorer 11 no maneja correctamente la carga DLL, lo que permite a usuarios locales obtener privilegios a través de una aplicación manipulada, también conocida como "DLL Loading Remote Code Execution Vulnerability".

Microsoft Internet Explorer 11 ships with MSHTML.DLL referencing various DLLs which are not present on a Windows 7 SP1 installation, Windows 10 is not affected, other Windows versions have not been tested. According to "MSHTML.DLL is at the heart of Internet Explorer and takes care of its HTML and Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) parsing and rendering functionality." Every application using MSHTML.DLL directly or another DLL which incorporates MSHTML.DLL (like SHELL32.dll) is prone to binary planting.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Complete

Integrity

Complete

Availability

Complete

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2015-12-04 CVE Reserved
2016-04-12 CVE Published
2024-05-12 EPSS Updated
2024-08-05 CVE Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CAPEC

References (5)

URL	Tag	Source
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/136702/Microsoft-Internet-Explorer-11-DLL-Hijacking.html	X_refsource_misc
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Apr/61	Mailing List
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/538098/100/0/threaded	Mailing List
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035521	Vdb Entry

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-037	2018-10-12

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"		Internet Explorer Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Internet Explorer"				11 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Internet Explorer" and version "11"		-		Affected