PT-2018-2698 · Microsoft · Edge

Qixun Zhao · Published 2018-10-09 · Updated 2022-05-13 · CVE-2018-8503

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 The issue is related to a remote code execution problem in the Chakra scripting engine of Microsoft Edge, caused by a buffer overflow in memory. This could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code with the same user rights as the current user by using a specially crafted web page. If the current user has administrative rights, the 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

Buffer Overflow

Memory Corruption

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

CWE-787

Related Identifiers

BDU:2019-01391

CVE-2018-8503

GHSA-2589-R26X-MH8P

Affected Products

Edge

References · 13

• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2019-01391 · Security Note
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-8503 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-8503 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-8503 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-8503 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-2589-r26x-mh8p · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/chakra-core/ChakraCore · Note
• https://github.com/chakra-core/ChakraCore/pull/5764 · Note
• https://github.com/chakra-core/ChakraCore/commit/062b4d9f42723ce7c2725f844cbf5431d52ca999 · Note
• https://web.archive.org/web/20210729123415/http://securityfocus.com/bid/105464 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1041825 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/105464 · Note
• https://web.archive.org/web/20210927074321/http://securitytracker.com/id/1041825 · Note