PT-2018-1013 · Microsoft · Edge

Published 2018-01-03 · Updated 2020-08-24 · CVE-2018-0773

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 related to the incorrect handling of objects in memory by the ChakraCore JavaScript engine handler in Microsoft Edge. This could allow a remote 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

Memory Corruption

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

CWE-787

Related Identifiers

BDU:2018-00232

CVE-2018-0773

Affected Products

Edge

References · 7

• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-0773 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-0773 · Vendor Advisory
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-0773 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-0773 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2018-00232 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/102398 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1040100 · Note