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CVE Number Vulnerability Product Severity Date
MS17-006 Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (4013073) Internet Explorer Critical 15-03-2017

Technical Information

Brief overview of the risk:
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 these vulnerabilities could gain the same user rights as the current user.

Detailed Information on the risk:

Multiple remote code execution vulnerabilities exist when affected Microsoft browsers improperly access objects in memory. These vulnerabilities could corrupt memory in such a way that an attacker could execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user. An attacker who successfully exploited these vulnerabilities could gain the same user rights as the current user. If the current user is logged on with administrative user rights, the attacker could take control of an affected system.

Further information on this exploit is available at : MS17-006

Internet Explorer 9
Internet Explorer 10
Internet Explorer 11

Affected Software

Internet Explorer 9
Internet Explorer 10
Internet Explorer 11