PT-2018-1340 · Microsoft · Chakracore+1

Published 2018-05-08 · Updated 2020-08-24 · CVE-2018-0953

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 caused by a buffer overflow in the ChakraCore JavaScript engine of Microsoft Edge, allowing a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code using a specially crafted web page. This could corrupt memory, enabling an attacker to execute code in the context of the current user. If the user has administrative rights, the attacker could gain control of the affected 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.

Exploit

RCE

Memory Corruption

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-787

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

BDU:2018-00839

CVE-2018-0953

ZDI-18-948

Affected Products

Chakracore

Edge

References · 12

• 🔥 https://github.com/tunz/js-vuln-db/blob/master/chakra/CVE-2018-0953.md · Exploit
• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/44694 · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-0953 · Vendor Advisory
• https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-18-948 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-0953 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2018-00839 · Security Note
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-0953 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-0953 · Security Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1040844 · Note
• https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/3465481.3465758 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/103990 · Note
• https://fortiguard.com/encyclopedia/ips/46029/ms-edge-chakra-engine-cve-2018-0953-memory-corruption · Note