PT-2018-2067 · Microsoft · Internet Explorer

Clement Lecigne · Published 2018-12-19 · Updated 2025-10-29 · CVE-2018-8653

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 versions 9 through 11

Description The issue is caused by a memory corruption vulnerability in the scripting engine of Internet Explorer, allowing a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code with the help of a specially crafted web page. This could lead to the corruption of memory, enabling an attacker to execute code in the context of the current user. If the current user has administrative rights, the attacker could gain control of the affected system, allowing them to install programs, view, change, or delete data, or create new accounts with full user rights.

Recommendations For Internet Explorer versions 9 through 11, update to a newer version that contains a fix for this issue. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

RCE

Memory Corruption

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-787

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

BDU:2019-00017

CVE-2018-8653

Affected Products

Internet Explorer

References · 12

• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2019-00017 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-8653 · Vendor Advisory
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-8653 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-8653 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-8653 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/106255 · Note
• https://kb.cert.org/vuls/id/573168 · Note
• https://t.me/cveNotify/140810 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/malwr/2849 · Telegram Post
• https://cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2018-8653 · Note
• https://cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog · Note
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-us/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-8653 · Note