Internet Explorer Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
CVE-2015-0054 is an elevation-of-privilege vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 through 11, addressed by Microsoft Security Update 3034682. The provided content identifies it as one of two IE elevation-of-privilege issues fixed in that bulletin and states that the update adds additional permission validations in Internet Explorer to remediate such flaws. Based on the available information, the vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain elevated privileges by luring a user to a crafted web site. Microsoft also states that this issue does not by itself allow arbitrary code execution and would need to be chained with another vulnerability for full compromise.
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An elevation of privilege vulnerability in Internet Explorer caused by improper permission validation under specific conditions, potentially allowing script to run with elevated privileges.
An elevation of privilege vulnerability in Internet Explorer caused by improper permission validation, potentially allowing script to run with elevated privileges.
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