Vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer

CVE-2014-0268

Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 through 11 does not properly restrict file installation and registry-key creation, which allows remote attackers to bypass the Mandatory Integrity Control protection mechanism via a crafted web site, aka "Internet Explorer Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability."

EPSS: 0.225 (97.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Microsoft Internet_explorer — versions 8, 9, 10
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-264

References

secure@microsoft.com (x_refsource_MS, vendor-advisory)
secure@microsoft.com (x_refsource_OSVDB, vdb-entry)
secure@microsoft.com (vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)
secure@microsoft.com (x_refsource_SECUNIA, third-party-advisory)
secure@microsoft.com (vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF)
secure@microsoft.com (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)