PT-2018-1548 · Microsoft · Internet Explorer

Published 2018-09-10 · Updated 2020-08-24 · CVE-2018-8461

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 version 11

Description A remote code execution issue exists due to improper memory object access. This could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user, potentially gaining the same user rights. 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.

Recommendations For Internet Explorer version 11, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this issue.

Fix

RCE

Memory Corruption

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-787

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

BDU:2018-01103

CVE-2018-8461

ZDI-18-1051

Affected Products

Internet Explorer

References · 9

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-8461 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2018-01103 · Security Note
• https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-18-1051 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-8461 · Security Note
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-8461 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-8461 · Security Note
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-us/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-8461 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/105258 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1041632 · Note