PT-2017-2550 · Microsoft · Edge

Published 2017-07-11 · Updated 2019-03-19 · CVE-2017-8601

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 Edge (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue is caused by a buffer overflow due to an error in handling objects in memory, which can lead to remote code execution. This could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user. If the user has administrative rights, the attacker could take control of the system, 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.

Exploit

RCE

DoS

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

BDU:2017-01761

CVE-2017-8601

ZDI-17-478

ZDI-17-479

ZDI-17-480

Affected Products

Edge

References · 12

• 🔥 https://github.com/tunz/js-vuln-db/blob/master/chakra/CVE-2017-8601.md · Exploit
• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/42479 · Exploit
• https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-17-480 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-8601 · Security Note
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-us/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-8601 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-8601 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2017-01761 · Security Note
• https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-17-479 · Security Note
• https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-17-478 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/99420 · Note
• https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/3465481.3465758 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1038849 · Note