HTTP: Microsoft Windows CVE-2015-0016 Unsafe ActiveX Control

This signature detects attempts to exploit and known vulnerability in the Microsoft Windows. An attacker can create a malicious Web site containing Web pages with dangerous ActiveX controls, which if accessed by a victim, allows the attacker to gain control of the victim's client browser.

Extended Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in the TS WebProxy (aka TSWbPrxy) component in Microsoft Windows Vista SP2, Windows 7 SP1, Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, and Windows RT Gold and 8.1 allows remote attackers to gain privileges via a crafted pathname in an executable file, as demonstrated by a transition from Low Integrity to Medium Integrity, aka "Directory Traversal Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability."

Affected Products

Microsoft windows_rt_8.1

References

CVE: CVE-2015-0016

Short Name

HTTP:STC:ACTIVEX:CVE-2015-0016

Severity

Major

Recommended

True

Recommended Action

Drop

HTTP: Microsoft Windows CVE-2015-0016 Unsafe ActiveX Control

Extended Description

Affected Products

References

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