Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer

Description

These vulnerabilites have following impacts: Remote Code Execution. An attacker who successfully exploited Remote Code Execution vulnerability could gain the same user rights as the current user. If the current user is logged on with administrative user rights, an attacker could take control of an affected system with full user rights.

Analysis

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 the vulnerabilities could gain the same user rights as the current user. If the current user is logged on with administrative user rights, an attacker could take control of an affected system. An attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights.

Affected Applications

Internet Explorer 9
Internet Explorer 10
Internet Explorer 11

CVE References

CVE-2016-7195 CVE-2016-7196 CVE-2016-7198 CVE-2016-7199 CVE-2016-7227 CVE-2016-7239 CVE-2016-7241 CVE-2016-7195 CVE-2016-7196 CVE-2016-7198 CVE-2016-7241

Other References

https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/security/ms16-142