PT-2018-1272 · Microsoft · Internet Explorer

Published 2018-04-10 · Updated 2020-08-24 · CVE-2018-0996

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 Internet Explorer (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue is caused by an integer overflow in the JavaScript engine's string manipulation, allowing remote code execution. This could enable an attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user by exploiting the vulnerability with a specially crafted web page. If the current user has administrative rights, the attacker could gain control of the affected system, allowing 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

Memory Corruption

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-787

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

BDU:2018-00748

CVE-2018-0996

ZDI-18-294

Affected Products

Internet Explorer

References · 8

• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-0996 · Vendor Advisory
• https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-18-294 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-0996 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-0996 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-0996 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2018-00748 · Security Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1040653 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/103602 · Note