PT-2018-18537 · Microsoft · Internet Explorer

Published 2018-07-10 · Updated 2025-10-28 · CVE-2018-8296

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 (affected versions not specified)

Description A remote code execution issue exists due to the scripting engine's handling of objects in memory. This could lead to memory corruption, allowing an attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user, potentially gaining 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-2018-8296

Affected Products

Internet Explorer

References · 8

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-8296 · Vendor Advisory
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-8296 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-8296 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-8296 · Security Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/117789 · Telegram Post
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1041258 · Note
• https://t.me/cveNotify/140659 · Telegram Post
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/104638 · Note