Microsoft Internet Explorer CVE-2016-0188 Security Bypass Vulnerability

Description

Microsoft Internet Explorer is prone to a security-bypass vulnerability. An attacker can exploit this issue by tricking an unsuspecting victim into viewing a page containing malicious content. An attacker can exploit this issue to execute arbitrary script code in the context of the user running the application. This may allow the attacker to steal cookie-based authentication credentials and other sensitive data that may aid in further attacks. Other attacks are possible. Internet Explorer 11 is vulnerable.

Technologies Affected

• Microsoft Internet Explorer 11

Recommendations

Run all software as a nonprivileged user with minimal access rights.
Run all non-administrative software as a non-administrative user with the least amount of privileges required to successfully operate. This will greatly reduce the potential damage that successful exploitation may achieve.

Do not follow links provided by unknown or untrusted sources.
Never follow links provided by unknown or untrusted sources.

Set web browser security to disable the execution of script code or active content.
Since the exploitation of some of these issues allows the execution of malicious script code in web clients, consider disabling support for script code and active content within the client browser. Note that this mitigation tactic might adversely affect websites that rely on the execution of browser-based script code.

Updates are available. Please see the references or vendor advisory for more information.