PT-2019-1799 · Microsoft · Windows Vbscript Engine+1

Yuki Chen · Published 2019-04-09 · Updated 2020-08-24 · CVE-2019-0842

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

9.3

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Windows VBScript Engine (affected versions not specified)

Description A remote code execution issue exists due to errors in handling objects in memory. This allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code and affect the system. The estimated number of potentially affected devices worldwide is not available. There is no information about real-world incidents where this issue was exploited.

Recommendations 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:2019-01451

CVE-2019-0842

Affected Products

Windows

Windows Vbscript Engine

References · 7

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-0842 · Security Note
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2019-0842 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2019-01451 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-0842 · Vendor Advisory
• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/advisory/CVE-2019-0842 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-0842 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/107725 · Note