PT-2018-1341 · Microsoft · Edge

Yuki Chen · Published 2018-05-08 · Updated 2020-08-24 · CVE-2018-0951

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, potentially taking control of an affected system if the current user has administrative rights. The attacker could exploit this by using 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:2018-00840

CVE-2018-0951

ZDI-18-539

Affected Products

Edge

References · 8

• https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-18-539 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-0951 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2018-00840 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-0951 · Security Note
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-0951 · Vendor Advisory
• https://fortiguard.com/encyclopedia/ips/46027/ms-edge-script-engine-cve-2018-0951-memory-corruption · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/103983 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1040844 · Note