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CVE-2015-6047

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 13.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2015-10-14 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-264

Description

The broker EditWith feature in Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 through 11 allows remote attackers to bypass the AppContainer protection mechanism and gain privileges via a DelegateExecute launch of an arbitrary application, as demonstrated by a transition from Low Integrity to Medium Integrity, aka "Internet Explorer Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability."

Affected products

• Microsoft Internet Explorer 11: 8, 9, 10, 11

References

• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033800
• http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-15-522
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2015/ms15-106
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033800
• http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-15-522
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2015/ms15-106

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