PT-2018-1660 · Microsoft · Edge

Lokihardt + 2 · Published 2018-09-11 · Updated 2019-10-03 · CVE-2018-8469

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Microsoft Edge (affected versions not specified)

Description An elevation of privilege issue exists in Microsoft Edge, allowing an attacker to escape the AppContainer sandbox in the browser. This could enable an attacker to gain elevated privileges and break out of the Edge AppContainer sandbox. The issue by itself does not allow arbitrary code execution but could be used in conjunction with other vulnerabilities, such as remote code execution and another elevation of privilege vulnerability, to exploit elevated privileges.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-264

Related Identifiers

BDU:2018-01219

CVE-2018-8469

Affected Products

Edge

References · 7

• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/45502 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-8469 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2018-01219 · Security Note
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-8469 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-8469 · Security Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1041623 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/105263 · Note