PT-2018-1276 · Microsoft · Internet Explorer

Wei · Published 2018-04-10 · Updated 2020-08-24 · CVE-2018-0991

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 a buffer overflow in memory, allowing a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code using a specially crafted web page. This could corrupt memory, enabling the attacker to execute code in the context of the current user. If the user has administrative rights, the attacker could gain 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.

RCE

Memory Corruption

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-787

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

BDU:2018-00752

CVE-2018-0991

Affected Products

Internet Explorer

References · 7

• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-0991 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2018-00752 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-0991 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-0991 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-0991 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/103614 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1040653 · Note