PT-2018-18586 · Microsoft · Internet Explorer 11+1

J00Sean · Published 2018-11-13 · Updated 2020-09-28 · CVE-2018-8570

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 11

Description A remote code execution issue exists due to improper memory access. This could allow 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 For Internet Explorer 11, 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-2018-8570

Affected Products

Internet Explorer

Internet Explorer 11

References · 6

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-8570 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-8570 · Security Note
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-8570 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-8570 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/105783 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1042131 · Note