PT-2018-18533 · Microsoft · Browsers+2

Lokihardt · Published 2018-07-10 · Updated 2025-10-28 · CVE-2018-8288

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 browsers (affected versions not specified)

Description A remote code execution issue exists in the way the scripting engine handles objects in memory in Microsoft browsers. This could corrupt memory, allowing an attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user. If the current user has administrative rights, the attacker could gain control of the system, enabling them to install programs, view, change, or delete data, and 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

Memory Corruption

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-787

Related Identifiers

CVE-2018-8288

GHSA-4F79-FXH8-VGQ2

Affected Products

Edge

Internet Explorer

Browsers

References · 17

• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/45213 · Exploit
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-8288 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-8288 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-4f79-fxh8-vgq2 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-8288 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-8288 · Security Note
• https://github.com/chakra-core/ChakraCore · Note
• https://github.com/chakra-core/ChakraCore/pull/5444 · Note
• https://github.com/chakra-core/ChakraCore/commit/f9b1cded66314c52ab2de8e4e68efb854bd6b9aa · Note
• https://web.archive.org/web/20220120050525/http://securitytracker.com/id/1041258 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/104636 · Note
• https://web.archive.org/web/20211202002348/http://securitytracker.com/id/1041256 · Note
• https://t.me/cveNotify/140659 · Telegram Post
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1041256 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1041258 · Note