PT-2018-1283 · Microsoft · Internet Explorer

Genwei Jiang · Published 2018-04-10 · Updated 2020-09-28 · CVE-2018-0870

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 related to 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

Buffer Overflow

Memory Corruption

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

CWE-787

Related Identifiers

BDU:2018-00759

CVE-2018-0870

Affected Products

Internet Explorer

References · 7

• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-0870 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-0870 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-0870 · Security Note
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-0870 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2018-00759 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/103595 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1040653 · Note