PT-2017-12305 · Microsoft · Windows+1

Published 2017-12-12 · Updated 2017-12-21 · CVE-2017-11913

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.6

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Microsoft Windows (affected versions not specified)

Description A remote code execution issue exists due to improper memory access by Internet Explorer, potentially allowing an attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user. This could lead to an attacker taking control of an affected system if the current user has administrative rights, enabling them to install programs, view, change, or delete data, or create new accounts with full user rights.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

RCE

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-11913

ZDI-17-947

Affected Products

Internet Explorer

Windows

References · 7

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-11913 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-11913 · Vendor Advisory
• https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-17-947 · Security Note
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-11913 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-11913 · Security Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1039991 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/102091 · Note