PT-2018-18522 · Microsoft · Edge

Published 2018-07-10 · Updated 2020-08-24 · CVE-2018-8275

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 A remote code execution issue exists due to improper memory access by Microsoft Edge, potentially allowing an attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user. This could lead to memory corruption, enabling the attacker to gain the same user rights as the current user. 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 At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

RCE

Memory Corruption

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-787

Related Identifiers

CVE-2018-8275

ZDI-18-611

Affected Products

Edge

References · 7

• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-8275 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-8275 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-8275 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-8275 · Security Note
• https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-18-611 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/104632 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1041256 · Note