PT-2018-1481 · Microsoft · Internet Explorer

Ivan Fratric · Published 2018-08-14 · Updated 2025-10-28 · CVE-2018-8353

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

10

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/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 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 by using a specially crafted web page. If the current user has administrative rights, the attacker could take 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

Use After Free

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-416

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

BDU:2018-01032

CVE-2018-8353

Affected Products

Internet Explorer

References · 11

• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/45279 · Exploit
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-8353 · Security Note
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-8353 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-8353 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-8353 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2018-01032 · Security Note
• https://support.microsoft.com/help/4343898 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1041483 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/105034 · Note
• https://t.me/cveNotify/140660 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/118251 · Telegram Post