PT-2017-18499 · Microsoft · Edge

Published 2017-10-10 · Updated 2019-10-03 · CVE-2017-8726

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.3

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

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

Description A remote code execution issue exists in Microsoft Edge's scripting engines when handling objects in memory. This could lead to memory corruption, allowing an attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user. If the user has administrative rights, the attacker could gain control of the system, 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-2017-8726

Affected Products

Edge

References · 5

• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-8726 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-8726 · Security Note
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-8726 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1039529 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/101084 · Note