PT-2018-1323 · Microsoft · Edge

Zenhumany · Published 2018-05-08 · Updated 2022-05-13 · CVE-2018-8137

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 a remote code execution problem in the way the scripting engine handles objects in memory. This could allow an attacker to corrupt memory and 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. The exploitation can be done through a specially crafted web page.

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:2018-00821

CVE-2018-8137

GHSA-FRH8-WRX9-GC53

Affected Products

Edge

References · 12

• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-8137 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-8137 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-8137 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-frh8-wrx9-gc53 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-8137 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2018-00821 · Security Note
• https://github.com/chakra-core/ChakraCore · Note
• https://github.com/chakra-core/ChakraCore/commit/6e362fe94bc4bba7c8b8c6f819c1bee94c51893c · Note
• https://web.archive.org/web/20210124164218/http://securityfocus.com/bid/103967 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/103967 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1040844 · Note
• https://web.archive.org/web/20211204185256/http://securitytracker.com/id/1040844 · Note