PT-2018-18588 · Microsoft · Edge

Published 2018-11-13 · Updated 2022-05-13 · CVE-2018-8588

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 in the way the Chakra scripting engine handles objects in memory in Microsoft Edge. 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, an attacker could take control of the affected 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-2018-8588

GHSA-8F4C-H6M3-22RW

ZDI-18-1350

Affected Products

Edge

References · 12

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-8588 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-8f4c-h6m3-22rw · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-8588 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-8588 · Vendor Advisory
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-8588 · Vendor Advisory
• https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-18-1350 · Security Note
• https://github.com/chakra-core/ChakraCore/pull/5827 · Note
• https://github.com/chakra-core/ChakraCore/commit/c76da44c27fcf06ad5ac3ee6f8d45efb8d8bc04f · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/105782 · Note
• https://web.archive.org/web/20210124214051/http://securityfocus.com/bid/105782 · Note
• https://web.archive.org/web/20211126224439/http://securitytracker.com/id/1042107 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1042107 · Note